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{{Quotes-available}}{{Infobox politician|name=Mao Zedong|native_name=毛泽东|birth_date=December 26th, 1893|birth_place=Shaoshan, Hunan, [[Great Qing|Imperial China]]|death_date=September 9th, 1976|death_place=Beijing, [[People's Republic of China]]|death_cause=Heart attack|nationality=Chinese|political_orientation=[[Marxism–Leninism]]<br>[[Mao Zedong Thought]]|political_party=[[Communist Party of China|CPC]]|image=Mao Zedong sitting.jpg}}'''Mao Zedong''' (Chinese: 毛泽东, 26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976){{Efn|Alternatively romanized '''Mao Tse-Tung'''.}} was a [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] [[Communism|communist]] politician who acted as Chairman of the [[Communist Party of China]] from 1943 until his death in 1976. He is considered the founder of the [[People's Republic of China]] and is a core figure in [[Mao Zedong Thought]] and [[Maoism]]. | {{Quotes-available}}{{Infobox politician|name=Mao Zedong|native_name=毛泽东|birth_date=December 26th, 1893|birth_place=Shaoshan, Hunan, [[Great Qing|Imperial China]]|death_date=September 9th, 1976|death_place=Beijing, [[People's Republic of China]]|death_cause=Heart attack|nationality=Chinese|political_orientation=[[Marxism–Leninism]]<br>[[Mao Zedong Thought]]|political_party=[[Communist Party of China|CPC]]|image=Mao Zedong sitting.jpg}}'''Mao Zedong''' (Chinese: 毛泽东, 26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976){{Efn|Alternatively romanized '''Mao Tse-Tung'''.}} was a [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] [[Communism|communist]] politician who acted as Chairman of the [[Communist Party of China]] from 1943 until his death in 1976. He is considered the founder of the [[People's Republic of China]] and is a core figure in [[Mao Zedong Thought]] and [[Maoism]]. | ||
During his lifetime, Mao Zedong made large contributions to the body of Marxist thought. These contributions include [[New Democracy]], the [[Mass Line]], and [[People's War]]. Chairman Mao also resisted the [[Soviet revisionism|Soviet Revisionists]] led by [[Nikita Khrushchev]] and later [[Leonid Brezhnev]]. | |||
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Mao Zedong 毛泽东 | |
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| Born |
December 26th, 1893 Shaoshan, Hunan, Imperial China |
| Died |
September 9th, 1976 Beijing, People's Republic of China |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Ideology |
Marxism–Leninism Mao Zedong Thought |
| Political party | CPC |
Mao Zedong (Chinese: 毛泽东, 26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976)[a] was a Chinese communist politician who acted as Chairman of the Communist Party of China from 1943 until his death in 1976. He is considered the founder of the People's Republic of China and is a core figure in Mao Zedong Thought and Maoism.
During his lifetime, Mao Zedong made large contributions to the body of Marxist thought. These contributions include New Democracy, the Mass Line, and People's War. Chairman Mao also resisted the Soviet Revisionists led by Nikita Khrushchev and later Leonid Brezhnev.
Biography
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Early life
Mao Zedong was born on December 26, 1893 in the village of Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China.[b] His parents were initially poor peasants but later worked their way up to become middle peasants. Mao was put to work in his family's farmland at the age of 6. At the age of 7, Mao took part in his village's primary school where he became literate, resulting in him later developing an interest in various literally genres. In 1910, he was sent to a higher primary school in Xiangxiang, his mother’s home district.[1]
In 1913, Mao joined the Hunan First Normal College, where he remained between 1913 to 1918. In 1915, Mao became secretary of a students' associated known as the Association for Student Self-Government.
Criticism
Mao Zedong and the CPC more broadly have been criticized by some anti-revisionist Marxist–Leninists, particular those who follow the line of Enver Hoxha, for multiple reasons, including alleged class collaboration. Hoxha himself did not characterize the Chinese revolution as socialist, but bourgeois.[2]
See also
Bibliography
The following are works by Mao Zedong available on the Revolupedia library.
References
- ↑ Marxism–Leninism–Maoism Basic Course.
- ↑ Enver Hoxha (1979). Can the Chinese Revolution be called a Proletarian Revolution?. November 8th Publishing House.
Notes
- ↑ Alternatively romanized Mao Tse-Tung.
- ↑ China at this time was ruled by the Qing Dynasty.