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Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong or Mao Tse-tung , 1893-1976, founder of the People's Republic of China. Mao was one of the most prominent Communist theoreticians and his ideas on revolutionary struggle and guerrilla warfare have been extremely influential, especially among Third World revolutionaries. Of Hunane... Read more
Mao Tun
Mao Tun or Mao Dun , pseud. of She Yen-ping , 1896-1981, Chinese novelist and Minister of Culture (1949-65). His fiction offers a sympathetic portrayal of working-class life and praise of revolution. Midnight (1933, tr. 1957), his most widely read work, is a naturalistic novel exploring in ... Read more
Red Guards
Red Guards in Chinese history, politically active students of the Cultural Revolution (1966-69), who organized units to carry out Mao Zedong 's aim of rerevolutionizing Chinese society. As their numbers grew, the units engaged in factional struggles, and in 1968 Mao suppressed the movement. ... Read more
Cultural Revolution
Cultural Revolution 1966-76, mass mobilization of urban Chinese youth inaugurated by Mao Zedong in an attempt to prevent the development of a bureaucratized Soviet style of Communism. Mao closed schools and encouraged students to join Red Guard units, which denunciated and persecuted Chinese te... Read more
Great Leap Forward
Great Leap Forward 1957-60, Chinese economic plan aimed at revitalizing all sectors of the economy. Initiated by Mao Zedong , the plan emphasized decentralized, labor-intensive industrialization, typified by the construction of thousands of backyard steel furnaces in place of large steel mills. Wi... Read more
Hua Guofeng
Hua Guofeng or Hua Kuo-feng , 1920-2008, Chinese Communist leader. He was relatively unknown until he became minister of public security and deputy premier in 1975. As Mao Zedong 's designated heir, he became premier following Zhou Enlai 's death (Jan., 1976) and chairman of the Chinese Commun... Read more
Peng Dehuai
Peng Dehuai or P'eng Teh-huai , 1898-1974, Communist Chinese general and political leader. He held various command positions in the Red Army, and in 1934-35 he joined with Mao Zedong and Zhu De in the long march . He became well known as the originator, with Mao, of the tactics of guerrilla... Read more
Jiang Qing
Jiang Qing or Chiang Ch'ing , 1914-91, Chinese Communist political leader, wife of Mao Zedong . Born Li Yun-ho, she changed her name to Lan Ping in 1938 when beginning an acting career, joining the Communist party the same year. In 1939, she married Mao Zedong and thereafter remained in the bac... Read more
Gang of Four
Gang of Four term of opprobrium given by the Chinese Communist authorities to four persons held responsible for the excesses of the Cultural Revolution (1966-69). They were also accused of trying to seize power after the deaths (1976) of Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai . The most notable of the Gang... Read more
Tiananmen Square
Tiananmen Square large public square in Beijing , China, on the southern edge of the Inner or Tatar City. The square, named for its Gate of Heavenly Peace (Tiananmen), contains the monument to the heroes of the revolution, the Great Hall of the People, the museum of history and revolution, and the... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Mao"

Mao Zedong
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Mao Zedong or Mao Tse-tung , 1893-1976, founder of the People's Republic of China. Mao was one of the most prominent Communist theoreticians and his ideas on revolutionary struggle and guerrilla warfare have been extremely influential...
Mao Tse-tung
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II Mao Tse-tung (1893–1976),a founding...west China. It was during this exodus that Mao first gained control of the party apparatus...by the Japanese in China, 75% were against Mao's forces. One of the major figures of the...
Mao Dun
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Mao Dun see: Mao Tun .
Mao Tun
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Mao Tun or Mao Dun , pseud. of She Yen-ping , 1896-1981, Chinese novelist and Minister of Culture (1949-65). His fiction offers a sympathetic portrayal of working-class life and praise of revolution. Midnight (1933, tr. 1957...
Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed. ...Definition Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAO inhibitors) are medicines that relieve certain types of mental depression. Purpose MAO inhibitors are a type of antidepressant...depression. Like other antidepressant drugs, MAO inhibitors help reduce the extreme sadness...
Maoism
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...Republic of China ’ s former leader Mao Zedong, is used primarily outside of mainland...The Communist Party of China (CPC) uses Mao Zedong Thought as its official ideology...capitalist society. Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong, however, believed that rural revolutions...
Deng Xiaoping
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...encyclopedia" by his colleagues. Chairman Mao Tse-tung, the architect of the PRC...over the international Communist movement. Mao and Deng parted ways in the 1960s as they...mice, they are good cats," was heresy to Mao's ears. Mao also resented Deng for making...
Wang Guangmei
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Communist forces of future Chinese leader Mao Tse-tung, which waged guerrilla warfare...the Chinese government. Wang accompanied Mao to the Communist Party headquarters in remote...U.S. Gen. George Marshall, between Mao and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek. While...
Little Red Book
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...Western nickname for the Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung , a collection of Mao Zedong ’ s (1893 – 1976) quotations...contained more than four hundred select quotations from Mao ’ s speeches and writings. It was widely...
Cultural Revolution
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...mobilization of urban Chinese youth inaugurated by Mao Zedong in an attempt to prevent the development...bureaucratized Soviet style of Communism. Mao closed schools and encouraged students to...facilitated mass relocations, and enforced Mao's cult of personality. The movement for...

Dictionary entries related to "Mao"

Mao Zedong
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Mao Zedong (1893–1976) also Mao Tse-tung Chinese statesman, leader of the Chinese Communist...59). As the architect of China's communist revolution, Mao developed the modern form of revolutionary insurgency . He defeated...
MAO inhibitor
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing MAO inhibitor ( MAOI ) n. a drug that prevents the activity of the enzyme monoamine oxidase (MAO) in brain tissue and therefore affects mood. The use of irreversible MAO inhibitors, such as phenelzine, as antidepressants...
Zedong, Mao
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Zedong, Mao see Mao Zedong .)
Tsetung, Mao
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Tsetung, Mao see Mao Zedong .
Mao Tse-tung
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History Mao Tse-tung, see Mao Zedong
Mao-shan
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Mao-shan (religious movement): see TAOISM .
Mao Tzu-yuan
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Mao Tzu-yuan (developer of school of Buddhism): see PAI-LIEN-TSUNG .
MAO
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing MAO n. see monoamine oxidase .
Maoism
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...ideology, and political viewpoint of Mao Zedong (1893 – 1976), it is...specific contents and basic features of Mao's conceptual world in the context of the...the Chinese Communist revolution. Despite Mao's adoption of Marxist-Leninist terminology...
China, People's Republic of
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...established on mainland China on 1 October 1949 by Mao Zedong . In the first decade of its existence...together with his loyal deputy, Zhou Enlai , Mao sought to establish the control of the Chinese...households by 1954. In 1955 an impatient Mao quickened the pace, so that by 1957 all...

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Mao's battle with freedom.(Asia)(Mao Zedong)(Biography)
Magazine article from: Quadrant; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...injuries to seven of the drivers involved; the eighth, unscathed, had a Mao portrait attached to his windshield as a talisman. The incident fuelled a Mao fever ("Mao re"), a neo-folk religion with superstitious overtones. Shopkeepers...
Mao remains emotional figure locally
Newspaper article from: Pasadena Star-News; 3/4/2007; ; 700+ words ; When he was in power, propaganda posters depicted Mao Zedong's smiling face as "the red sun in the center...gate, while progressive artists had their own ideas: Mao on a Quaker Oats box; Mao silhouetted in corn; Mao as an acupuncture diagram...
Mao Writings Mined for Tips on Capitalism
News Wire article from: AP Online; 12/24/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...reads a book about former Chinese leader Mao Zedong in Beijing, China Tuesday, Dec...prepares to mark the 110th anniversary of Mao's birth on Dec. 26. As the 110th anniversary...books, articles and seminars are mining Mao's writings for tips on how to get ahead...
Mao's Home Town Cashing In on Great Helmsman's Memory
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/23/1993; ; 700+ words ; ...far from the mud brick home where Chairman Mao Zedong was born 100 years ago is the two...Tians used to plant rice. Now they peddle Mao. Every nook and cranny of their house is...there is an inventory of 13,000 statues of Mao, Shaoshan's most famous product. Like...
MAO imaging in peripheral organs of smokers: Nuclear medicine highlights detrimental change
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nuclear Medicine; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...imaging to determine that levels of monoamine oxidase B (MAO B) are lower in the peripheral organs of smokers than...published research documenting the lower levels of both MAO A and MAO B in the brains of smokers (Nature, 1996;379:733...
Mao: The Unknown Story.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Cato Journal; 9/22/2005; ; 700+ words ; Mao: The Unknown Story Jung Chang and Jon Halliday London: Jonathan Cape, 2005, 814 pp. Mao Zedong, who imprisoned an entire nation for...Colby College professor Lee Feigon published Mao: A Reinterpretation. Lee argued that Mao...
Mao grandson enthrals new China with tales of the Great Leader
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 12/28/2003; ; 700+ words ; MAO TSE-TUNG'S grandson is riding a wave of...anniversary of the "Great Leader's" birth. Mao's mantras may have been discredited but the...Chinese went out last week to buy modern-day Mao memorabilia - a new rap song, The Two Musts...
Mao.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Australian Journal of Politics and History; 9/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; Mao. By Jonathan Spence (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson...historian Jonathan Spence, and his new book, a biography of Mao Zedong, is written with his usual clarity and accessible style. Mao belongs to Weidenfeld & Nicolson's Lives series...
Mao who? New Chinese history texts barely mention Mao Zedong.
Magazine article from: Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication; 9/29/2006; 700+ words ; This portrait by Andy Warhol depicts former communist leader Mao Zedong. putting a new face on its history--with no more Mao. SHANGHAI, China -- Not long ago, Mao Zedong's picture hung in every home and school in China. Students...
THE LAST MAO; Mao Xinyu Is a Chip Off the Communist Bloc
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/25/1993; ; 700+ words ; The grandson of Chairman Mao Zedong will never forget the story of his own birth...Doctors, unsure how to proceed, turned to Chairman Mao for guidance. Save the mother or the child? Mao wanted both. Luckily, the hospital was able to comply...