Mao Zedong (also "Mao Tse-tung" in Wade-Giles;) was a Chinese Marxist military and political leader and philosopher, who led the Communist Party of China (CPC) to victory against the Kuomintang (KMT) in the Chinese Civil War, and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976. Mao is also recognized as a poet and calligrapher. Regarded as one of the most important figures in modern world history, … ibiblio.org
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Mao Zedong. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_Zedong
And for China's 1.2 billion people, especially those who remember the turmoil of the Mao Zedong years, historical truth is no mere intellectual exercise. ncafe.com/northkorea/uncountedmillions.html
The son of a peasant farmer, Mao Tse-tung was born in the village of Shao Shan, Hunan province in China. www.marxists.org/glossary/people/m/a.htm#mao-tse-tung
Note on spelling and transliteration: MIA generally uses the Pinyin transliteration (i.e. Mao Zedong) for Chinese names and words. www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/index.htm
See the July-August issue of MR or MR s Web site for a full appreciation and obituary . In 1995 a foreign reporter interviewed me about Mao. www.monthlyreview.org/0904hinton.htm
