Mao Ze·dong (mou? dz??d?ng?) also Mao Tse-tung (ts??to?ong?) 1893-1976. 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.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Mao Ze?dong (?ma? z??d??, dz?-) also Mao Tse-tung (?ma? ts??t??, dz??d??) n. 1893?1976, chairman of the People’s Republic of China 1949?59 and of the Chinese Communist party 1943?76. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Mao Ze·dong (mou? dz??d?ng?) also Mao Tse-tung (ts??to?ong?) 1893-1976. 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.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Mao Ze?dong (?ma? z??d??, dz?-) also Mao Tse-tung (?ma? ts??t??, dz??d??) n. 1893?1976, chairman of the People’s Republic of China 1949?59 and of the Chinese Communist party 1943?76. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.