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(1921) Mao Zedong becomes a founding member of the Chinese Communist Party.

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(1921) Mao Zedong becomes a founding member of the Chinese Communist Party.

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Mao Zedong is a Chinese Communist who was very political. This was the start of his political career.

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(1922) Stalin makes it mandatory for Chinese Communist Party members to join the Guomindang.

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(1922) Stalin makes it mandatory for Chinese Communist Party members to join the Guomindang.

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Guomindang was a nationalist group led by Sun Zhongshan, and later Jiang Jieshi, a Japanese nationalist. Mao was originally hesitant to join the group.

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(1927) The Chinese Communist Party breaks ties with the Guomindang.

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(1927) The Chinese Communist Party breaks ties with the Guomindang.

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This follows the event of the 1927 coup where Jiang Jieshi invaded the Chinese city of Jiangxi. This event started Mao's continuous acts of genocide.

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(1934) In an attempt to flee the city, Mao took 10,000 soldiers and peasants from Jiangxi on "The Long March."

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(1934) In an attempt to flee the city, Mao took 10,000 soldiers and peasants from Jiangxi on "The Long March."

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This march lasted over a year, and spanned over 6,000 miles. This was Mao's first act of genocide. Thousands were killed by starvation, disease, and dehydration.

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After the war broke out, tensions got higher and higher between Mao's Communists and Jiang's Nationalist.

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(1942) Mao along with the rest of The Chinese Communist Party launches the Cheng Feng movement (Also known as the Yan'an Rectification Movement.)

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(1942) Mao along with the rest of The Chinese Communist Party launches the Cheng Feng movement (Also known as the Yan'an Rectification Movement.)

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The main goal of this movement was to get rid of The CCP's political opponents. The principles put in place by this movement gave Mao more political and leadership power.

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(1947) Mao Zedong forces his people to fight against Jiang Jieshi's army.

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(1947) Mao Zedong forces his people to fight against Jiang Jieshi's army.

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Mao enslaved innocent people that were under his power to fight against Jiang's army. He led multiple guerrilla raids, and even got help from the Soviet Union. Jiang Jieshi was ultimately defeated.

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(1958) Mao launches the "Great Leap Forward" movement.

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(1958) Mao launches the "Great Leap Forward" movement.

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In an attempt to convert China from an agrarian economy to a socialist economy through rapid industrialization, Mao caused the Great Chinese Famine. The movement caused a depression in the economy, and resulted in over 50 million deaths.

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(1966) Mao launches The Chinese Cultural Revolution.

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(1966) Mao launches The Chinese Cultural Revolution.

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This revolution was started in order to destroy any remnants of capitalist thought that resulted from his previous movement. Innocent people who disagreed with Mao were put under abuses such as public humiliation, hard labor, torture, and seizure of property.

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(1973) The "Criticize Lin, Criticize Confucius" campaign is launched by Mao.

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(1973) The "Criticize Lin, Criticize Confucius" campaign is launched by Mao.

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A political propaganda campaign meant to convince people to support Maoism, and not Confucianism. Strong political leaders who followed Confucianism were attacked and threatened. This campaign continued until Mao Zedong's death in 1973, the end of his reign of power.

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Map of China under command of Mao Zedong

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Map of China under command of Mao Zedong

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A propaganda poster used to support the Cultural Revolution depicting Mao Zedong above an adoring crowd.

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A photograph of Mao in 1966 during the planning of the Cultural Revolution

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A 1968 poster encouraging people to, "Wish Chairman Mao eternal life."

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A 1966 Soldier depicting a soldier holding a book of Mao's teachings of Maoism.

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An illustration of Mao Zedong used to promote Mao as the new Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party.

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Definition: The intentional mass killing of a large group of people, usually based off their race, ethnicity, or religion.