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[[Image:Ncvjgfu.jpg|right|thumb|Mao Zedong]]

[[Image:Ncvjgfu.jpg|right|thumb|Mao Zedong]]

'''Mao Zedong''' ([[Traditional Chinese]]: 毛澤東; [[Simplified Chinese]]: 毛泽东; [[Hanyu Pinyin]]: Máo Zédōng; [[Wade-Giles]]: Mao Tse-tung) lived from December 26, 1893, to September 9, 1976. He was a [[Communism|Communist]] [[Atheism|atheist]] and 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.<ref>''While You Slept : Our Tragedy in Asia and Who Made It'', John T. Flynn,  New York : The Devin - Adair Company, 1951, [http://www.mises.org/books/whileyouslept.pdf  pgs. 21 - 22] pdf.</ref>

'''Mao Zedong''', the worst mass murderer of all time, lived from December 26, 1893, to September 9, 1976. He was a [[Communism|Communist]] [[Atheism|atheist]] and 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.<ref>''While You Slept : Our Tragedy in Asia and Who Made It'', John T. Flynn,  New York : The Devin - Adair Company, 1951, [http://www.mises.org/books/whileyouslept.pdf  pgs. 21 - 22] pdf.</ref>

Mao was the author of ''[[Quotations from Chairman Mao]],'' published in 1966, informally known as "the little red book." During his lifetime, almost everyone in the [[People's Republic of China]] was expected to have a copy. One of his most well known statements was that "political power grows out of the barrel of a gun".

Mao was the author of ''[[Quotations from Chairman Mao]],'' published in 1966, informally known as "the little red book." During his lifetime, almost everyone in the [[People's Republic of China]] was expected to have a copy. One of his most well known statements was that "political power grows out of the barrel of a gun".

Overall, historians believe that around 43 million people died under Mao's rule, due mostly to starvation from disastrous socialist economic policies such as the [[Great Leap Forward]]. This is 7 times the common figure given for the Holocaust but it is much less known.

Overall, historians believe that around 43 million people died under Mao's rule, due mostly to starvation from disastrous socialist economic policies such as the [[Great Leap Forward]]. This is 7 times the common figure given for the Holocaust but it is much less known.

==Legacy==

==Legacy==