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Mao Zedong
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Mao Ze·dong  (mou dzdng) also Mao Tse-tung (tstng) 1893-1976.
Chinese Communist leader and theorist. A founder of the Chinese Communist Party (1921), he led the Long March (1934-1935) and proclaimed the People's Republic of China in 1949. As party chairman and the country's first head of state (1949-1959) he initiated the Great Leap Forward and the founding of communes. He continued as party chairman after 1959 and was a leading figure in the Cultural Revolution (1966-1969). In the 1970s he consolidated his political power and established ties with the West.
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Noun1.Mao Zedong - Chinese communist leader (1893-1976)Mao Zedong - Chinese communist leader (1893-1976)
Mao Tsetung, Mao
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