Mao Zedong

[ mou zuh-doong, dzuh-; Chinese mou zuh-dawng ]

noun

1. 1893–1976, Chinese Communist leader: chairman of the People's Republic of China 1949–59; chairman of the Chinese Communist Party 1943–76.

Mao Zedong

1. A Chinese revolutionary leader of the twentieth century. He led an army of workers and peasants on the Long March in the 1920s and used guerrilla warfare techniques successfully on both the Japanese invaders and the forces of the Chinese government under Chiang Kai-shek . In 1949, his armies took over the country and established the People's Republic of China . Mao continued as chairman of China's Communist party and as premier . His “Little Red Book,” Quotations from Chairman Mao , was standard reading for schoolchildren of the country. Toward the end of his life, he brought about the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution , in which all capitalist or elitist culture was to be purged. Mao died in 1976.

Example Sentences

It was first introduced by revolutionary leader Mao Zedong but has now been taken up as the defining mantra of a new era as imagined by current strongman President Xi Jinping.

From Time

China’s strongest leader since Mao Zedong was convinced that only aggressive subjugation could prevent China from following the USSR into balkanization along ethnic seams.

From Time

In 1967, Mao Zedong launched Project 523, a national program for malarial treatment research.

From Popular-Science

As it recovered from the chaos of the Cultural Revolution inflicted upon it by founding leader Mao Zedong, China adopted bold economic reforms starting in 1978.

From Ozy

More puritanical views on sex came back into fashion under the Qing Dynasty and continued under Mao Zedong.

From The Daily Beast

That defendant was Jiang Qing, widow of Great Helmsman Mao Zedong.

From The Daily Beast

Sora's Chinese name has more than 41 million page hits on Google, exceeding that of Mao Zedong, Yao Ming, or Confucius.

From The Daily Beast