Mao Zedong

American  

[mau zuh-doong, dzuh-, mau zuh-dawng] / ˈmaʊ zəˈdʊŋ, dzə-, ˈmaʊ ˈzʌˈdɔŋ /

Wade-Giles, Mao Tse-tung

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.

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Mao Zedong Cultural  

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.

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Mao Zedong

Kylian Mbappe, Real Madrid and La Liga have apologised for the superstar striker's comments about Mao Zedong, but the damage to their reputation in China won't be easily or quickly repaired, experts say.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

No leader has served that long except Mao Zedong, the founder Communist China.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Several Chinese brands have dropped French footballer Kylian Mbappé as backlash grew online over alleged comments by him referring to the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Under Mao Zedong, the communist revolutionary who founded the People’s Republic in 1949 and ruled China until his death in 1976, faith was classified as feudal superstition—in the party’s view, no better than fortunetelling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

And immediately beyond Korea's borders, Chinese Communists led by Mao Zedong seized control of the mainland in 1949, following a four-year-long civil war with the nationalist forces of Chiang Kai-shek.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

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