Mao Zedong

[ mou zuh-doong, dzuh-; Chinese mou zuh-dawng ]

noun

1. 1893–1976, Chinese Communist leader: chairman of the People's Republic of China 1949–59; chairman of the Chinese Communist Party 1943–76.

Mao Zedong

1. A Chinese revolutionary leader of the twentieth century. He led an army of workers and peasants on the Long March in the 1920s and used guerrilla warfare techniques successfully on both the Japanese invaders and the forces of the Chinese government under Chiang Kai-shek . In 1949, his armies took over the country and established the People's Republic of China . Mao continued as chairman of China's Communist party and as premier . His “Little Red Book,” Quotations from Chairman Mao , was standard reading for schoolchildren of the country. Toward the end of his life, he brought about the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution , in which all capitalist or elitist culture was to be purged. Mao died in 1976.

Example Sentences

In China, tens of millions more perished in a 1959-1961 famine caused in part by Mao Zedong’s embrace of Lysenko’s policies.

From Los Angeles Times

In one Vietnamese-language mailer this month, Steel sought to tie Tran to Chinese communists like Mao Zedong, criticizing him for owning “thousands of dollars of cryptocurrency linked to China.”

From Los Angeles Times

Militant Irish republicans had been paying close attention to Carson’s tactics — which anticipated Mao Zedong’s maxim about the source of political power — and would eagerly emulate his example in the years ahead.

From Salon

The Gao Brothers are known for their provocative sculptures, which critique the founder of the People's Republic of China, Mao Zedong, and his regime.

From BBC

A note signed by Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong had the highest selling price, fetching £22,000 when it went under the hammer.

From BBC