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| birth =December 26, 1893<br/>Shaoshan, Xiangtan, Hunan, Qing China

| spouse =Luo Yixiu (married 1907-19101907–1910)<br/>Yang Kaihui (married 1921-19271921–1927)<br/>He Zizhen (married 1928-19391928–1939)<br/>Jiang Qing: (married 1939-19761939–1976)

'''Mao Zedong''' (December 26, 1893 – September 9, 1976), also known as '''Mao Tse-tung''', was the leader of the Chinese Communists and a ruthless [[Atheism|atheist]] dictator after he came to power in 1949. While not the founder, he was an early member of the [[Chinese Communist Party]] in 1921. In 1935, Mao was elected to the Executive Committee of the [[Comintern]] in Moscow and remained on this committee until it was publicly disbanded in 1943. Mao is regarded as perhaps the most prolific [[mass murder]]er in human history, not even counting the inummerable unborn female fetuses babies whom he [[abortion|callously slaughtered]].<ref>[http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/20TH.HTM "20th Century Democide"]. ''hawaii.edu''. Retrieved on 20 October 2015.</ref> Despite Communist propaganda presenting Mao as a leading liberator of China from Fascist Japan during the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], [[Mao Zedong war treason|he committed war treason]] in collaborating with the Japanese Army, expediently allowing the right-wing Nationalists to be militarily weakened fighting the Japanese whereby the CCP would drastically benefit in subsequent years.<ref>Keck, Zachary (March 27, 2014). [https://nationalinterest.org/feature/chinas-communist-party-japan-forgotten-history-10533 China's Communist Party and Japan: A Forgotten History]. ''The National Interest''. Retrieved September 18, 2023.</ref> Mao's inaction facilitated the ruthless torture, rape, and murder of millions of Chinese civilians at the hand of Japanese invaders, whom he thanked in the postwar years.<ref>Dent, Christopher (2008). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/China_Japan_and_Regional_Leadership_in_E/0GHZBhi4zz0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=mao+zedong+thanks+japan&pg=PA89&printsec=frontcover China, Japan and Regional Leadership in East Asia], p. 89. ''Google Books''. Retrieved September 18, 2023.</ref><ref>Black, Jeremy (2017). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Second_World_War/FAokDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=mao+zedong+thanks+japan&pg=PT11&printsec=frontcover The Second World War, Vol. III: The Japanese War 1941–1945], p. 1. ''Google Books''. Retrieved September 18, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Nine_Commentaries_on_the_Communist_Party/T5x7BgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=mao+zedong+thanks+japan&pg=PT172&printsec=frontcover Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party]. ''Google Books''. Retrieved September 18, 2023.</ref><ref>Lü, Peng (August 14, 2013). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_History_of_China_in_the_20th_Century/gRLREAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=mao+zedong+thanks+japan&pg=PA563&printsec=frontcover A History of China in the 20th Century], p. 563. ''Google Books''. Retrieved September 18, 2023.</ref><ref>Lu, Xing (2017). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Rhetoric_of_Mao_Zedong/Qby8DgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=mao+zedong+thanks+japan&pg=PT92&printsec=frontcover The Rhetoric of Mao Zedong: Transforming China and Its People]. ''Google Books''. Retrieved September 18, 2023.</ref>

 {{Quotebox-float|While most scholars are reluctant to estimate a total number of "unnatural deaths" in China under Mao, evidence shows he was in some way responsible for at least 40 million deaths and perhaps 80 million or more. This includes deaths he was directly responsible for and deaths resulting from disastrous policies he refused to change.}}<div style="height:15px"></div> 

[[File:Maoist Anita Dunn.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|[[Obama]] [[White House]] Communications Director and [[Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign]] manager [[Anita Dunn]] was a great admirer of Chairman Mao and was deeply inspired by [[Maoist Thought]].<ref>https://legalinsurrection.com/2019/04/back-to-the-future-biden-hires-anita-dunn-former-obama-adviser-who-praised-mao/</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qDsrfy-Zvg Video of Obama Communications Director Claiming Mao One of Her Favorite Political Philosophers'] Video, YouTube. Retrieved October 29, 2009.</ref>]]{{quotebox-float|Sources of new information on the famine indicate it was more widespread than long believed and could have been avoided.}}<div style="height:15px"></div> {{quotebox-float|— An article appearing last year in the Shanghai University journal Society stated that at least 40 million died from 1959 to 1961. Previous estimates have ranged from 10 million to 30 million. The article noted a mistake in government population statistics for 1960 that led to an underestimation of "unnatural deaths." Authorities later banned this issue of the journal and withdrew it from circulation.}}<div style="height:15px"></div> {{quotebox-float|— In another study, National Defense University professor Cong Jin estimated that 40 million died between 1959 and 1961.}}<div style="height:15px"></div> {{quotebox-float|— Chen Yizi of Princeton University’s Center for Modern China did research for years in China, first as a student and then as a government official, and determined that 43 million had died in the famine, a figure recently matched by a report from a think tank in Shanghai. According to Chen, this made the total number of Chinese who died as a result of Mao’s policies 80 million.<ref>[http://www.paulbogdanor.com/left/china/deaths1.html "Uncounted Millions"]. ''paulbogdanor.com''. Retrieved on 20 October 2015.</ref>}} 

{{quotebox-float|“What can Emperor [[Qin Shi Huang]] brag about? He only killed 460 [[Confucius|Confucian]] scholars, but we killed 46,000 intellectuals. There are people who accuse us of practicing dictatorship like Emperor Qin Shi Huang, and we admit to it all. It fits the reality. It is a pity that they did not give us enough credit, so we need to add to it.”<ref>http://www.ninecommentaries.com/english-3</ref>}}