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	'''Mao Zedong'''{{Efn\|Chinese: 毛泽东, alternatively romanized '''Mao Tse-~~Tung~~'''.}} (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976) was a [[People's Republic of China\|Chinese]] revolutionary, theorist, and politician who is considered the founder of the [[People's Republic of China]]. A self-proclaimed [[Marxism–Leninism\|Marxist–Leninist]], he led the [[Communist Party of China]] as its chairman from 1943 until his death in 1976 in a [[Chinese Civil War\|civil war]] against the [[Reaction\|reactionary]] [[Guomindang]] while also participating in the anti-[[Empire of Japan\|Japanese]] resistance during [[World War II]].		'''Mao Zedong'''{{Efn\|Chinese: 毛泽东, alternatively romanized '''Mao Tse-tung'''.}} (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976) was a [[People's Republic of China\|Chinese]] revolutionary, theorist, and politician who is considered the founder of the [[People's Republic of China]]. A self-proclaimed [[Marxism–Leninism\|Marxist–Leninist]], he led the [[Communist Party of China]] as its chairman from 1943 until his death in 1976 in a [[Chinese Civil War\|civil war]] against the [[Reaction\|reactionary]] [[Guomindang]] while also participating in the anti-[[Empire of Japan\|Japanese]] resistance during [[World War II]].

	Mao Zedong is upheld by many [[Communism\|communists]] for his contributions to theory, and is often considered a [[Classics of Marxism\|classic]] for this reason. The tendency he founded, [[Mao Zedong Thought]], later [[Maoism]], would gain worldwide adoption. However, he has been criticized by other tendencies such as [[libertarian socialism]] and [[left communism]] for supposedly being a bourgeois revolutionary and "[[Stalinism\|Stalinist]]". Marxist–Leninists, like [[Hoxhaism\|those]] who uphold [[Enver Hoxha]], regard Mao Zedong as being progressive but ultimately deviating from the course of [[Socialism\|socialist]] construction and relegating China to [[capitalism]].<ref>[https://espressostalinist.com/2018/08/13/molotov-on-mao/ "Molotov on Mao"]. ''The Espresso Stalinist''.</ref>		Mao Zedong is upheld by many [[Communism\|communists]] for his contributions to theory, and is often considered a [[Classics of Marxism\|classic]] for this reason. The tendency he founded, [[Mao Zedong Thought]], later [[Maoism]], would gain worldwide adoption. However, he has been criticized by other tendencies such as [[libertarian socialism]] and [[left communism]] for supposedly being a bourgeois revolutionary and "[[Stalinism\|Stalinist]]". Marxist–Leninists, like [[Hoxhaism\|those]] who uphold [[Enver Hoxha]], regard Mao Zedong as being progressive but ultimately deviating from the course of [[Socialism\|socialist]] construction and relegating China to [[capitalism]].<ref>[https://espressostalinist.com/2018/08/13/molotov-on-mao/ "Molotov on Mao"]. ''The Espresso Stalinist''.</ref>

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{{Infobox person
| name = Mao Zedong
| image = Mao Zedong (1937).jpg
| image_caption = Mao Zedong in 1937.
| native_name = 毛泽东
| birth_date = December 26, 1893
| birth_place = Shaoshan, Hunan, China
| death_date = September 9, 1976
| death_place = Beijing, China
| nationality = Chinese
| known_for = Founder of the [[People's Republic of China]]
| notable_works = ''[[On Practice]]''<br>''[[On Contradiction]]''<br>''[[On Protracted War]]''<br>''Others...''
| title = Chairman of the Communist Party of China
| party = [[Communist Party of China|CPC]]
}}
'''Mao Zedong'''{{Efn|Chinese: 毛泽东, alternatively romanized '''Mao Tse-Tung'''.}} (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976) was a [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] revolutionary, theorist, and politician who is considered the founder of the [[People's Republic of China]]. A self-proclaimed [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Leninist]], he led the [[Communist Party of China]] as its chairman from 1943 until his death in 1976 in a [[Chinese Civil War|civil war]] against the [[Reaction|reactionary]] [[Guomindang]] while also participating in the anti-[[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] resistance during [[World War II]].

Mao Zedong is upheld by many [[Communism|communists]] for his contributions to theory, and is often considered a [[Classics of Marxism|classic]] for this reason. The tendency he founded, [[Mao Zedong Thought]], later [[Maoism]], would gain worldwide adoption. However, he has been criticized by other tendencies such as [[libertarian socialism]] and [[left communism]] for supposedly being a bourgeois revolutionary and "[[Stalinism|Stalinist]]". Marxist–Leninists, like [[Hoxhaism|those]] who uphold [[Enver Hoxha]], regard Mao Zedong as being progressive but ultimately deviating from the course of [[Socialism|socialist]] construction and relegating China to [[capitalism]].<ref>[https://espressostalinist.com/2018/08/13/molotov-on-mao/ "Molotov on Mao"]. ''The Espresso Stalinist''.</ref>

==See also==
* [[Mao Zedong Thought]]
* [[Maoism]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
===Notes===
{{Notelist}}

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