Essays on History of China

The biography of Mao Zedong, written by Jonathan Spence centers around Mao Zedong, a chinese man who came from a rather poor family, but grew up to be a powerful communist leader in China. In the book Mao Zedong: a life, Spence argues that although...

Mao Zedong is one of China’s most known leaders, some love him and some hate him. He like many leaders had his ups and downs. Making many attempts to modernize china and better the economy. He made reforms like “Great Leap Forward” and the “cultural...

A Concise History written by Rebecca E. Karl is a book that focuses on Mao’s life and how he affected the modern world mostly inside of China. Karl herself is an Associate Professor of History at New York University and credits the books to her...

Mao Zedong, the great leader and founding chairman of the People’s Republic of China, also Marxists, proletarian revolutionaries, strategists and also theorists, the main founder of the communist party of China the people’s liberation army. A half-century of revolution from the foundation of Chinese Communist...

“Women hold up half the sky,” Chairman Mao Zedong stated to the people of China, showing his clear belief in gender equality and the importance of women in a society. This was a good indication of what was to come for the People’s Republic of...

Although he is fairly unknown in the Western World, according to some researchers this person is responsible for more deaths than for example Stalin or Hitler: China’s chairman Mao Zedong (Johnson, 2018). After a civil war Mao seized power in China, followed by a series...

This paper explores the poems and classical literature published by Mao Zedong throughout his political and military career in China. It focuses on how his childhood and education shaped his political views and how the poems depict his travels throughout China and his marches with...