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Hero of the peasant-backed revolution in 1949, Mao inspired God-like worship among hundreds of millions of Chinese. He took over China promising to bring power to the people through communism .
Seduced by Mao Zedong: Novel imagines one of his teenage lovers, navigating communist treachery and the Cultural Revolution In a new book by East Bay author Vanessa Hua, a peasant girl travels to ...
The Chinese president’s concept of power was forged by the suffering life of his revolutionary father, Xi Zhongxun.
On December 22, 1968, the People's Daily conveyed Mao Zedong's instructions, saying it is necessary for educated youths to go to rural areas to be re-educated by poor peasants. The move ...
Mao Zedong built a communist revolution on the discontent of the rural masses, 80 percent of China's population. Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms brought growing prosperity to peasants by allowing ...
In early 1958, Mao Zedong, the leader of Communist China, ... "The peasants were forced to work long hours every day," says Goldman. "They were totally exhausted by this.
China was in chaos. For a decade, Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution deliberately smashed society to bits. People were sent away for brutal re-education. Others simply disappeared. The country … ...
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