Mao zedong, the influential chinese leader and founder of the people’s republic of china, shaped history through his revolutionary ideology and policies that transformed a nation. Mao zedong led communist forces in china through a long revolution beginning in 1927 and ruled the nation’s communist government from its establishment in 1949. Read a biography about the life of mao zedong the chinese communist leader responsible for the disastrous policies including the 'great leap forward' and the 'cultural revolution'. As a chinese communist party leader, political strategist, and revolutionary thinker, mao left a profound mark on 20th century chinese history. Mao zedong used controversial methods to transform china into a superpower His rule was marked by disastrous policies like the great leap forward and the cultural revolution, resulting in millions of deaths.
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