Mao was a communist.
Mao was a communist.
Richard Nixon.
Mao Zedong
The united states supported Jiang because it feared his defeat would create a communist super power. Wrong...
Yes
No way, the United States hated Communism and Chairman Mao was trying (and succeeded) to bring Communism to China.
Since Mao Zedong was the Communist Chinese leader, he was in agreement with Communist Russia.
The United States supported jiang because it feared his defeat would creat a communist superpower.
Anita Dunn - B.H. Obama Administration - 2009
The US backed Nationalist leader Generalissimo Chang Kai-Shek over Communist leader Mao Zedong.
The US backed Nationalist leader Generalissimo Chang Kai-Shek over Communist leader Mao Zedong.
its not two names but two ways of pronouncing it. Of course, the name is properly written using Chinese symbols. So the question becomes, "how do you render the name using English letters?" One method was used for a long time, giving us "Mao Tse-tung" (Also "Peking" for the capital). This was abandoned in the 1970's because it didn't accurately portray the pronounciation of the names. A different method was then used giving us "Mao Zedong" (and "Beijing")