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Mao Zedong
He led the revolution that made modern China — and then launched campaigns that killed tens of millions of his own people in peacetime.
1893–1976
Life Journey
From rural beginnings to revolutionary rule
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1893–1911
Hunan childhood
Born in a farming family in Hunan, Mao grew up witnessing hardship and inequality, shaping his early awareness of social divisions in rural China.
