Mao Zedong By Cody Barron and Tristen White

Early Life of Mao Zedong Moa Zedong was born in Shaoshanchong, Shaoshan in Human Province an area in china on December 26, 1893. He grew up a wealthy child with his father being a wealthy farmer and landowner. Mao Zedong went to a local Shaoshan primary school. Brought up in an environment of Confucianism, he quickly revolted against it at a young age devolving political ideas for modern literature. At the age of 13 his father organized a marriage for him with Lou Yigu but Mao denounced the marriage and moved away from home. In 1911 he began to further education in the Hunanse capital of Changsha.

Adulthood of Moa Zedong When the Xinhal Revolution broke out Mao joined the military to fight for the side of republicanism. The conflict subsided so he left the military after only 6 months of service. In July of 1921 he was one of the small group that founded the Chinese Communist Party. In 1921 Moa married Yang Kaihui she was later executed by the Kuomintang in 1930. But in 1928 he had started the see a young woman of the age of 18 He Zizhen over the next 9 years they would have 5 children. He would divorce her and get married to Jiang Qing.

Power of Mao Zedong Despite the unfavorable odds, the red army ( People’s Liberation Front) employed strategic tactic to help them win the Chinese revolution. Map wasted no time in consolidating communist rule, he proclaimed the founding of the People’s Republics of China on October 1, 1949. His plan was to completely reshape the country. He took control of the political landscape, economic, and social landscape and aimed to bring all of China’s locality toward himself and nothing else. To maintain power he needed to keep a single party state. He banned all other political groups and views in government and in the population throughout China. He found it essential to eliminate all possible threats. In turn this lead to many enemies such as government officials who previously supported Mao's Political opponents.

Power of Mao Zedong His goal for china was to industrialize it in an effort to match and in time exceed the economies of the western world and the U. S. S. R. To achieve this he announced his first 5 -year plan. In this plan he followed in Stalin’s footsteps. He believed the Chinese large population was their greatest strength, and he made the people work to reach his goals. This contributed to his good image in the population as he appeared to be improving China’s status in the world to achieve the position as a true world power. He lost all of his power when he died on September 9, 1976. His death was contributed to suffering from Parkinson's disease and other health problems. His life as chair man from 1949 - 1976.

Friend or Foe While his friends were in short supply some such as the proletariats were his allies along with the U. S. S. R being rather friendly to him. While the bourgeoisie, the nationalist, Chiang Kai-shek, and for a time the Japanese. His allies were not in huge number but his allies had power in the country and some such as the U. S. S. R had great power through out the world even with there decline. His enemies were large in number and he was fully aware of this. It was common for a leader of a country to be hated by many people, but on the other side it is also common for them to be loved by much of the public.

Major event 1950 - Sino- Soviet Treaty of Friendship signed by Mao and Stalin. Oct. 7, 1950 - Mao orders invasion of Tibet. 1951 - Campaigns against Capitalism leaves hundreds of thousands dead. 1957 -59 - Anti Rightest movement, 500, 00 government critics reeducated in hard labor or shot. Jan. 1958 - Great leap forward 20 -43 million starve to death. 1959 - Sino- Soviet Split. June-Nov. 1962 - Sino- Indian war USSR supports India. Oct. 16, 1964 - China tests first nuclear weapons at Lop Nur.

Major Events June 14, 1967 - China tests first hydrogen bomb. (H bomb) 1968 - Soviet troops deployed along border with Xinjiang. March 1969 - Fighting between China and USSR troops breaks out. August 1969 - Soviets threaten to nuke china. July 28, 1976 - Great Tangshan earthquake kill 250, 00 - 800, 000. Sept. 9, 1976 - Mao dies, Hua Guofeng succeeds him.

Famous Quotes Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun. Politics is war without bloodshed, while war is politics with bloodshed. An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy. Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated. Such is history; such is the history of civilization for thousands of years. Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.