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Mao Zedong - Wikipedia
He is recognized for his role in ending imperialism and consolidating the state in China. Under his rule, China became the fifth state to possess nuclear weapons. Mao was influential in the international communist movement, inspiring various Maoist organisations.
Mao Zedong | Biography & Facts | Britannica
Mao Zedong (born December 26, 1893, Shaoshan, Hunan province, China—died September 9, 1976, Beijing) was the principal Chinese Marxist theorist, soldier, and statesman who led his country’s communist revolution.
BBC - History - Mao Zedong
Read a biography about the life of Mao Zedong the Chinese communist leader responsible for the disastrous policies including the 'Great Leap Forward' and the 'Cultural Revolution'.
Mao Zedong: Life, Ideology & Legacy of China’s Chairman ...
Mao Zedong (1893–1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was the founding leader of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and one of the most influential political figures of the 20th century.
Mao Zedong - Death, Cold War & Significance | HISTORY
Mao Zedong led communist forces in China through a long revolution beginning in 1927 and ruled the nation’s communist government from its establishment in 1949. Along with Vladimir Lenin and...
Mao Zedong - Chinese Revolution, Communism, Chairman | Britannica
In December 1949 Mao, now chairman of the People’s Republic of China—which he had proclaimed on October 1—traveled to Moscow, where, after two months of arduous negotiations, he succeeded in persuading Stalin to sign a treaty of mutual assistance accompanied by limited economic aid.
Cultural Revolution - Wikipedia
On 1 October 1949, Mao Zedong declared the People's Republic of China, symbolically bringing the decades-long Chinese Civil War to a close. Remaining Nationalist forces fled to Taiwan and continued to resist the People's Republic in various ways.
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