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Mao's Rise and Despotic Rule of China

BBC correspondent Philip Short narrates the history of Mao Tse-tung and his route to power in the Chinese communist revolution, leading to victory in the Chinese Civil War and the establishment of the People's Republic of China with Mao as Chairman. Mao united China but also brought about decades of tyranny through failed political campaigns, po


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