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Sidelights. (brief biographical timeline of the life of Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong)
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* During his lifetime (1893-1976), Mao Zedong was viewed almost as a god by many Chinese. He was called "the Great Helmsman," and his thoughts were recommended as daily reading for all Chinese.
* Mao (photo below) was born in a small village in Hunan province, the son of a farmer. He went to school but was forced by his father to end his studies at age 13. Mao remained out of school until age 16, when -- against his father's wishes -- he enrolled at an elementary school....
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The Great Helmsman: MAO ZEDONG.(South Korea)
Business Asia
; Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun -- Mao Zedong, 1938 No person in history has had more power over more people than Mao Zedong, and no one shaped the destiny of an Asian nation so completely and for so long. Mao was chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and, from 1949 to 1976, he
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Mao's Home Town Cashing In on Great Helmsman's Memory
The Washington Post
; Not far from the mud brick home where Chairman Mao Zedong was born 100 years ago is the two-story house of the Tian family. The Tians used to plant rice. Now they peddle Mao. Every nook and cranny of their house is filled with white plaster figures of the leader known as the Great Helmsman, sitting
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Mad about Mao Chinese revisit leader in heroic light
The Boston Globe
; SHAOSHAN, China -- Mao mania is back, not in the form of the fanatical Red Guards who terrorized millions while waving the little red book of Mao Zedong Thought during the Cultural Revolution, but among ordinary Chinese in all walks of life. Bureaucrats sport Mao tie clasps. Young girls wear
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Mao's grandson publishes best seller on famous founder
Chicago Sun-Times
; BEIJING -- Mao Zedong's grandson is riding a wave of affectionate nostalgia for the founder of modern China, promoting his biography as the country celebrates the 110th anniversary of the Great Leader's birth. Mao's mantras may have been discredited, but the man remains a source of fascination.
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Chairman Mao still a polarizing figure within Chinese community
Whittier Daily News
; When he was in power, propaganda posters depicted Mao Zedong's smiling face as "the red sun in the center of our hearts." In the late 1980s and early '90s, imbued with a sort of nostalgia, his likeness adorned cigarette lighters and watches in China. A giant portrait hangs over Tiananmen gate,
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