Who did Mao Zedong have a war with?

Answer 1

Mao Zedong didn't fight a war with anyone, however he tried to establish a new form of government, and in doing killed between 50 and 70 million people.

Communist Party of China (CPC) Led by Mao Zedong had a civil war with the Kuomintang (KMT or Chinese Nationalist Party) led by Chiang Kai-shek

The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang (KMT or Chinese Nationalist Party) led by Chiang Kai-shek and the Communist Party of China (CPC) Led by Mao Zedong .The war began in April 1927, amidst the Northern Expedition. The war represented an ideological split between the Western-supported Nationalist KMT and the Soviet-supported Communist CPC. In the People's Republic of China the war is more commonly known as the "War of Liberation".

The civil war carried on intermittently until the Second Sino-Japanese War interrupted it, resulting in the two parties forming a Second United Front. Japan's campaign was defeated in 1945, marking the end of World War II, and China's full-scale civil war resumed in 1946. After a further four years, 1950 saw a cessation of major hostilities-with the newly founded People's Republic of China controlling mainland China (including Hainan Island), and the Republic of China's jurisdiction being restricted to Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and several outlying Fujianese islands. To this day, since no armistice or peace treaty has ever been signed, there is controversy as to whether the Civil War has legally ended. Today, the two sides of the Taiwan strait have close economic ties. (Source wikipedia)