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'''Mao Zedong''', an aa [[Wade–Giles|transliterated]] as '''Mao Tse-tung''' {{Audio|Zh-Mao_Zedong.ogg|listen}} (26 December 1893-9 September 1976), wis a [[Han Cheenese]] revolutionary, poleetical theorist an [[Communism|communist]] leader. He led the [[Fowkrepublic o Cheenae]] (PRC) frae its establishment in 1949 till his daith in 1976. His theoretical contribution tae [[Marxism]]-[[Leninism]], military strategies, an his brand o Communist policies are nou collectively kent as [[Maoism]].

Mao remains a controversial figure tae this day, wi a contentious an iver-evolvin legacy. He is offeecially held in hie regard in Cheenae as a great revolutionary, poleetical strategist, military mastermind, an savior o the naition. Mony Cheenese an aa believe that through his policies, he laid the economic, technological an cultural foondations o modren Cheenae, transformin the kintra frae an agrarian society intae a major warld pouer. Additionally, Mao is viewed as a poet, philosopher, an visionary, owing the latter primarily tae the [[cult o personality]] fostered durin his time in pouer.<ref>{{cite book |last=Short |first=Philip |title=Mao: A Life |publisher=Owl Books |year=2001 |url=http://books.google.com/books?visbn=0805066381 |isbn=0805066381 |page=630 |quote=Mao had an extraordinary mix of talents: he was visionary, statesman, political and military strategist of cunning intellect, a philosopher and poet.}}</ref> Mao's portrait continues tae be featured prominently on [[Tiananmen]] an on aw [[Renminbi]] bills.

Conversely, Mao's social-poleetical programs, such as the [[Great Leap Forward]] an the [[Cultural Revolution]], are blamed for costin millions o lives, causin severe [[faimin]] an damage tae the [[Cheenese cultur|cultur]], [[Cheenese society|society]] an [[Economy o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae|economy]] o Cheenae.  Mao's policies an poleetical purges frae 1949 tae 1976 are widely believed tae hae caused the daiths o atween 40 tae 70 million fowk.<ref>[http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat1.htm#Mao Death Toll Median Average Estimates of 14 Sources = 45.75 – 52.5 million people] Which include the books: ''Le Livre Noir du Communism'' by Stephane Courtois, ''Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine'' by Jasper Becker, ''China's Changing Population'' by Judith Banister, ''Contemporary Chinese Population'' by Wang Weizhi, ''Mao: The Unknown Story'' by Jung Chang, ''Victims of Politics'' by Kurt Glaser, ''How to Prevent Genocide'' by John Heidenrich, ''Mao's China and After'' by Maurice Meisner, ''The Human Cost of Communism in China'' by Robert L. Walker. Along with reports by ''Agence France Press'' (1999), ''Dictionary of 20 Century World History'', ''Guinness Book of World Records'', ''Washington Post'' (1994), and the ''Weekly Standard'' (1997)</ref><ref name="deathtoll">{{Harvnb|Short|2001|p=631}}</ref><ref name="Fenby">{{cite book | authorlink = Jonathan Fenby | last = Fenby | first = J | title = Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850 to the Present | url = https://archive.org/details/modernchinafallr00fenb | publisher = [[Ecco Press]] | year = 2008 | isbn = 0-06-166116-3 | page = [https://archive.org/details/modernchinafallr00fenb/page/351 351] | quote = Mao's responsibility for the extinction of anywhere from 40 to 70 million lives brands him as a mass killer greater than Hitler or Stalin, his indifference to the suffering and the loss of humans breathtaking }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Mao: The Unknown Story|journal=The China Quarterly|date=2007-03|first=Stuart|last=Schram|coauthors=|volume=|issue=189|pages=205|quote=the exact figure... has been estimated by well-informed writers at between 40 and 70 million|id=|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_china-quarterly_2007-03_189/page/205|format=|accessdate= }}</ref> Syne [[Deng Xiaoping]] assumed pouer in 1978, mony Maoist policies hae been abandoned in favour o [[economic reform in the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae|economic reforms]].

Mao is regardit as ane o the maist influential figures in modren warld history,<ref>{{cite web|work=The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World|url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/pages/samplep02|title=Mao Zedong|accessdate=August 23, 2008}}</ref> an named bi ''Time Magazine'' as ane o the [[Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century|100 maist important]] fowk o the 20t century.<ref>[http://205.188.238.181/time/time100/leaders/profile/mao.html Time 100: Mao Zedong] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131101742/http://205.188.238.181/time/time100/leaders/profile/mao.html |date=2011-01-31 }} By Jonathan D. Spence, April 13, 1998.</ref>

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