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Chinese communist revolutionary and leader who founded the People's Republic of China in 1949 and led the Chinese Communist Party until his death in 1976.
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Decoder with Nilay Patel· 5 Nov
Willy Shih says China engages in long-term planning through five-year plans, which he used to think were a joke because of mistakes such as Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward.Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy· 3 Feb
Ben Horowitz argues that systems meant to correct unfairness transfer all power to whoever runs them, as happened under Stalin, Ceaușescu, Pol Pot and Mao.Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy· 16 Oct 2025
Dan Wang says China's traumatic 20th century included the Mao years, the famine of the Great Leap Forward and the total insanity of the Cultural Revolution.