Poetry of Mao Zedong

Poetry Of Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong (1893–1976), the first Chairman of the Communist Party of China and leader of the People's Republic of China for nearly 30 years, wrote poetry, much of it at the time of the Red Army's epic retreat during the Long March of 1934-1936.

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