Summary.
The founder of the CCP or Chinese Communist Party held complete control over the nation until his death in 1976. Mao brought in 5 year plans similar to Stalin and also used collectivization in an attempt to increase production.
Mao Tse-Tung (Zedong)
- Mao Zedong, (December 26, 1893 – September 9, 1976)
- A Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher
- Leader of the Chinese Revolution
- The founding father of the People's Republic of China (PRC)
- Held control over the nation until his death in 1976
- His theoretical contribution to Marxism–Leninism along with other strategies are collectively known as Maoism
- Mao rose to power by commanding the Long March
- During the Second Sino-Japanese War repelling a Japanese invasion
- Mao reestablished central control over China's fractured territories
- Enacted sweeping land reform by using violence and terror to overthrow landlords
- Reign was marred by the turmoil of events like his Great Leap Forward andCultural Revolution
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