Mao Zedong Part 1: Peasant’s Son, Communist Rebel

In the centre of China’s capital city, Beijing, lies a corpse that
no one dares remove. It’s been 44 years since Mao Zedong’s body was
laid to rest in the grandiose Chairman Mao Memorial Hall. He may be
gone but he is not forgotten. To some, he’s the father of modern
China. To many others, he’s a sadistic thug - a man willing to
sacrifice millions of lives in pursuit of power. Mao Zedong is born
in Hunan Province in 1893. Growing up on his father’s farm, he
consumes books and ideas. His rise to the top of the Communist
Party will be littered with violent outbursts, setting the tone for
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