The story of Mao Zedong
Communist Party leader of China during the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution.
Mao Zedong. Communist Party leader of China during the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution.
25 Mar 1959
Mao Zedong intervened in Great Leap Forward. At a Shanghai meeting on 25 March 1959, Dikötter writes in a 2010 newspaper article, ordered the Party to procure up to a third of the available grain; Dikötter says Mao knew of the horror in the countryside.
According to Frank Dikötter. This is one side’s account, not established fact.
Mao Zedong intervened in Great Leap Forward, Lushan meeting of 1959 and the Great Chinese Famine.
According to the Communist Party of China, Cormac Ó Gráda and Yang Jisheng, each in its own account.
Mao Zedong founded the Communist Party of China.
According to the Communist Party of China.
Mao Zedong, involved in Campaign to suppress counter-revolutionaries.
According to Mao Zedong.
Mao Zedong leads Cultural Revolution.
According to the Communist Party of China.
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