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MAO ZEDONG

• Mao Zedong was the leader of China’s Communist Party. • He convinced China’s peasants to overthrow their weak government and install Mao as “Chairman” • He encouraged the killing of all “capitalists” in his country. • Capitalism is the enemy of Communism. • Mao killed millions of people when he created his communist “utopia”.

• Communism is designed to be a “permanent revolution”. • For this reason, communists are always in a state of war. • Communism is very strict and not very peaceful.

• Propaganda spread Mao’s message throughout China, brainwashing the public. • Propaganda is the advertising of political points of view. Propaganda is generally untrue. • Both Russia and China used propaganda to make the United States And its economic system seem evil.

• In the 1960 s, Mao begins his “Cultural Revolution”. • Millions of people die when angry brainwashed mobs tear the country apart. • Mao’s Little Red Book becomes the most widely read in China.

9 -9 -1976: Mao Dies • On his death, Mao brags that he had “burned more books than any emperor. ” • After Mao’s death, his friends were charged with Numerous political crimes.

• After Mao died, Deng Xioaping took control of China. • He understood that Mao’s Cultural Revolution was a failure. • Deng encouraged business owners to begin trading with foreign countries. • Capitalism began to take hold in China. • Deng was named Time’s Man of the Year. DENG XIOAPING

China today • New leader is Xi Jinping • China is beginning to embrace capitalism • We want to be China’s friend, but we don’t like the way they treat people.