In 1950 post-civil war China, an aging man whose hairline was as symbolic as the moustaches of Stalin and Hitler was trying to raise a country under the banner of Communism. He was a war veteran, a hero of the people, a bitter foe of the west, and the First Chairman of China. He had a grand vision for a unified and prosperous nation, a future guided by the people’s dreams, not those of the profiteering west. He had triumphed once over the Nationalist-American Army in war, succeeded in unifying the country under a single flag, and, now in power, set out to triumph once more over those who stood in the way of his grand plan.
Mao Zedong’s time in office was riddled with controversy, power struggles, corruption, manipulation, successes and failures.
Mao Zedong’s time in office was riddled with controversy, power struggles, corruption, manipulation, successes and failures.