10 minutes and you know about China. 10 minutes and you know about shanghai. 周有光 , The Father of Pinyin. Chairman Mao- Declassified History Channel Documentary (part 5- English subs) Chairman Mao- Declassified History Channel Documentary (part 4- English subs) Chairman Mao- Declassified History Channel Documentary (part 3- English subs) Chairman Mao- Declassified History Channel Documentary (part 2- English subs) Declassified - Chairman Mao - China - Communist Part 1. Pu Yi- The Last Emperor of China (part 1 English Subs) Dr. Sun Yat-Sen. Mao Tse-tung Biography. Mao Tse-tung was the principal Chinese Marxist theorist, soldier and statesman who led his nation's Cultural Revolution.
Synopsis Born on December 26, 1893, in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China, Mao Tse-tung served as chairman of the People's Republic of China from 1949 to 1959, and led the Chinese Communist Party from 1935 until his death. Mao's "Great Leap Forward" and the Cultural Revolution were ill-conceived and had disastrous consequences, but many of his goals, including stressing China's self-reliance, were generally laudable. For the Great Leader, Humble Beginnings In the late 19th century, China was a shell of its once glorious past, led by the decrepit Qing Dynasty. China: A Century of Revolution [1949-1976] Part 2. China: A Century of Revolution [1911 -1949] Part 1.