Who is Chairman Mao? 毛泽东

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Name: Mao Tse Tung  a.k.a. Chairman Mao 

Born on: 26 December 1893, Shao Shan, China

Died on: 9 September 1976, Beijing, China

Chairman Mao was a communist leader in China from March 20, 1943 - April 24, 1969. Despite an image of his notorious dictatorship, he was known for doing good for his people unintentionally. As he is the founder of  people's Republic of China (in 1949), he was responsible for one of the most appalling notions in history such as 'Great leap Forward' and "Cultural revolution" In summary, his conflicting theories on how the country should be run. He promoted various ideologies that are revolutionising to the world such as elevating the statuses of women and improving education, all these aspects made China what it was before, a very strong and powerful country. He leadership was so impactful, he gained his own title, "Maoism" it was a combination of communism, marxism-lenism ideologies. 

Chairman Mao has a different vision on how he should rule approximately 1/4 of the population in the world. He boosted China's industry and agricultural fields and made China rich and have authority over some aspects of the world. Mao believed that China needs more man power in the country, and should be reform into a series of communes. That can improve agriculture and industry, the country will advance in speed by producing more modern tools needed for modernisation of country. He grown up as a librarian, as he sorts books out and books about Marxism, Leninism, Communism and other political studies. He geared more interest in Communism kind of theme, he learnt about it throughout the years and climb his way up the political position (Chinese communism party). His political vocation started around 1921, He became a founder of Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Since he is a massive reader of political studies, he is full of theories on leadership an government, he is one of the most prominent communist theoreticians in Asia and his ideas on revolutionary struggle and guerrilla warfare have been extremely influential, especially among the third world revolutionaries. 

Reference

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/mao_zedong.shtml

http://www.biography.com/people/mao-tse-tung-9398142  

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/may/29/china.comment

http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/people/mao-zedong.html