When the socialist government of Mao Zedong (1893–1976) came to power in 1949, one of its major goals was to reduce the stark inequalities of income and wealth that existed at that time. To this end, the government appropriated most private...

Mao Zedong (1893–1976) can best be characterized with an aphorism that suits well his own literary style, unusually erudite among modern communist leaders. He is the man who ruled a quarter of the world’s population for a quarter of a...

(1893–1976), leader of the Chinese Communist Party and chairman of the People's Republic of China. Mao was one of the leading figures of the twentieth century. Beyond serving as the head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), his ideas and...

(born Dec. 26, 1893, Shaoshan, Hunan province, China—died Sept. 9, 1976, Beijing) Chinese Marxist theorist, soldier, and statesman who led China's communist revolution and served as chairman of the People's Republic of China (1949–59) and...

Inspired by military uniform, the fitted jacket with rounded collar and Western trousers of the Sun Yatsen suit (zhongshanzhuang) emerged as an important fashion for young revolutionaries in the 1920s. Mao Zedong adapted the style for the Communist...

Mao Zedong pronunciation (help·info) (Simplified Chinese: æ¯æ³½ä'; Traditional Chinese: æ¯æ¾¤æ±; Pinyin: Máo ZédÅng; Wade-giles: Mao Tse-tung; December 26, 1893 – September 9, 1976) was...