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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Chinese Communist leader and theorist. A founder of the Chinese Communist Party (1921), he commanded troops in the Chinese Civil War (1927–1949) and proclaimed the People's Republic of China in 1949. As party chairman and the country's first head of state (1949–1959), he initiated sweeping but misguided economic, agricultural, and industrial reforms that resulted in widespread starvation. He continued as party chairman after 1959 and was a leading figure in the Cultural Revolution (1966–1969). In the 1970s he consolidated his political power and established ties with the West.
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- noun Chinese communist leader (1893-1976)
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In the West the youth of that time smoked dope, practised desperately unsafe sex, and clung to the thoughts of maharishis and John Lennon, while in the East they washed in blood as they chanted the name of Mao Zedong.
The Edge of Madness Michael Dobbs 2008
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For example, the horseback photo bears a striking similarity to an image in “State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda,” now at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, showing Hitler as a mounted knight in shining armor, while the swimming photo recalls Mao Zedong
Why Dictators Love Kitsch Eric Gibson 2009
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We also understand that the artist that they picked has spent a lifetime and a history of doing Mao Zedong, which is a man who has committed all kinds of human atrocities.
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Zou Enlai resented the then CPIML calling Mao Zedong its Chairman
Archive 2006-06-01 Abhay N 2006
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But instead of bringing together people such as Mao Zedong (Chairman Mao), Lin Biao and Deng Xiaoping it will simply bring together my feet and my sandals.
TravelPod.com TravelStream? ? Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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The luxury expo took advantage of the 2009 Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition, exhibiting luxury yachts, premium wines, china, jewellery, pseudo-classic furniture, luxury cars and luxury products including the biggest yellow diamond in China and the cars of first-generation Chinese leaders such as Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai.
unknown title 2009
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The luxury expo took advantage of the 2009 Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition, exhibiting luxury yachts, premium wines, china, jewellery, pseudo-classic furniture, luxury cars and luxury products including the biggest yellow diamond in China and the cars of first-generation Chinese leaders such as Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai.
unknown title 2009
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The luxury expo took advantage of the 2009 Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition, exhibiting luxury yachts, premium wines, china, jewellery, pseudo-classic furniture, luxury cars and luxury products including the biggest yellow diamond in China and the cars of first-generation Chinese leaders such as Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai.
unknown title 2009
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The luxury expo took advantage of the 2009 Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition, exhibiting luxury yachts, premium wines, china, jewellery, pseudo-classic furniture, luxury cars and luxury products including the biggest yellow diamond in China and the cars of first-generation Chinese leaders such as Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai.
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The luxury expo took advantage of the 2009 Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition, exhibiting luxury yachts, premium wines, china, jewellery, pseudo-classic furniture, luxury cars and luxury products including the biggest yellow diamond in China and the cars of first-generation Chinese leaders such as Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai.
unknown title 2009
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