BEIJING (AP) — Friday marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Mao Zedong, who founded the People’s Republic of China in 1949 and ran it virtually uncontested until his death on Sept. 9, 1976. While ...

For thirty-seven years, Mao Zedong occupied a singular position atop the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), governing organization of the world’s largest country. For over a dozen years, Mao had led the ...

On Oct. 1, 1949, Mao Zedong stood atop Tiananmen — the Gate of Heavenly Peace — and proclaimed the establishment of the People’s Republic of China. His victorious army paraded below across central ...

BEIJING, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Domestic historical film "Mao Zedong 1949" hit Chinese big screens on Friday, ahead of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The ...

The trilogy continues with The Mao Years, a look at the next period of modern China’s history: Mao Zedong’s rule, from 1949 to his death in 1976. The film begins with the celebrations marking the ...

From the very beginning, the Communist Party of China (CPC) used Marxism and Leninism to guide its struggle in the Chinese revolution. For many years the Party in its inexperience simply applied the ...

Sixty years ago, Mao Zedong proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic of China to a jubilant crowd of 300,000 gathered on Beijing's sprawling Tiananmen Square. China's new strongman formally ...

Oct. 1, 1949, according to Li Zhisui, Mao Zedong's doctor, was a "crisp, clear and chilly day," the sort that makes autumn in Beijing "the most magnificent season." By 7 o'clock in the morning ...

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