Mao Zedong
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.
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.