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Mao Zedong was a leader from China that has impacted the lives of numerous Chinese people. He is also called Mao Tse-Tung. He served as chairman from 1949 to 1959. He also led the Chinese Communist Party(CCP) from 1935 until his death. Mao Zedong was an influential man who is known to have reshaped both China’s history and culture. He did this by starting some of his most well-known projects; China’s first five-year plan, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution. Mao Zedong’s early life would shape him into the person he would become later on. He was born on December 26, 1893, in ShaoShan, Hunan, China. His father, Mao Yichang, was a successful grain dealer and his mother, Wen Qimei, was a farm laborer. He studied at a small …show more content…

Meanwhile, Mao Zedong supports both the Chinese Communist Party, he also adopted Leninist ideas. When the Chinese president and leader of Kuomintang, Sun Yat-Sen died, his successor Chiang Kai-Shek broke the alliance with the CCP and killed and imprisoned many communists. Mao led an army to attack him but was easily defeated. Mao help establishes the Soviet Republic of China in Jiangxi Province and was elected chairman. Chiang decided to eradicate the Chinese Communist Party, so he sent nearly one million government forces. Mao Zedong managed to convince the CCP that retreat was the best strategy. They traveled west and north for a year for 8,000 miles. It was known as the “Long March” to Yanan. Only a third of the people survived this harsh journey. When the Japanese Army invaded China in 1937. Chiang lost control of most of the major cities in China. Chiang reached out to the communist for help and truce. Mao Zedong established the People’s Republic of China in 1949 and Chiang and his followers fled to Taiwan to form the Republic of China. Mao Zedong’s role in politics and his commitment to communism led to the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the China we know of

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