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Like all three of Mao Zedong's wives, Mao Zemin and Mao Zetan were communists. Like Yang Kaihui, both Mao Zemin and Mao Zetan were killed in warfare during Mao Zedong's lifetime. Note that the character zé ( 澤 ) appears in all of the siblings' given names; this is a common Chinese naming convention .
For leaders of ancient and imperial China, see List of Chinese monarchs. ... Mao Zedong (Paramount leader: Himself) 1950 Chiang Kai-shek: 1951 1952 1953 1954
Also served as Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and Chairman of the Central Military Commission. 2 Liu Shaoqi 刘少奇 (1898–1969) Beijing At-large: 27 April 1959 21 December 1964 II: Soong Ching-ling & Dong Biwu (co-serving) Mao Zedong: 21 December 1964 31 October 1968 III: Ousted by Mao Zedong during the Cultural Revolution ...
Mao Zedong, (1893–1976), the founder of the People's Republic of China and chairman of the Chinese Communist Party. Madame Mao (Jiang Qing) (1914–1991), the fourth wife of Mao Zedong and a leading politician in the Cultural Revolution; Mao Zemin, (1896–1943), early Communist revolutionary, Mao Zedong's brother; Mao Zetan (1905–1935 ...
Name (Birth–Death) Constituency Term of office NPC Cabinet President Paramount leader; 1 Zhou Enlai 周恩来 (1898–1976) Beijing At-large: 1 October 1949 15 September 1954 26 years, 3 months and 1 week CP: Zhou I: Mao Zedong: 27 September 1954 18 April 1959 I: Zhou II: Mao Zedong 18 April 1959 21 December 1964 II: Zhou III: Liu Shaoqi: Mao ...
Quotations from Chairman Mao (simplified Chinese: 毛主席语录; traditional Chinese: 毛主席語錄; pinyin: Máo Zhǔxí Yǔlù, commonly known as the "红宝书" pinyin: hóng bǎo shū during the Cultural Revolution [1]), colloquially referred to in the English-speaking world as the Little Red Book, [2] is a compilation book of ...
Mao Zedong called for the "Four Olds"—Old Customs, Old Culture, Old Habits, and Old Ideas— to be destroyed. The task fell largely on Red Guards, who heeded Mao's call to burn and destroy cultural artifacts, Chinese literature, paintings, and religious symbols and temples. People in possession of these goods were punished.
The Mao era focuses on Mao Zedong's social movements from the early 1950s on, including land reform, the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The Great Chinese Famine , one of the worst famines in human history, [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] occurred during this era.