"The question of how to deal with the legacy of Mao Zedong, how to separate man from myth, ranged among the most difficult tasks faced by the new CCP leadership. The close interrelation of Mao as symbol of the Chinese Revolution with CCP politics demanded a cautious treatment in order not to tarnish the partyâs claim to legitimate rule. Deng Xiaoping (1904â97), who emerged as the âarchitectâ of the process of gradual reform after December 1978, had been actively involved in repudiating the impact of Khrushchevâs de-Stalinization policies in 1956 and thus was highly aware of the potentially disastrous consequences of debunking the CCPâs most prominent symbol. Mao Zedongâs elevated status was to be reduced. He was to become âman, not God,â as a popular Chinese biography was to put it later, but his achievements were not to be discredited by way of a thorough de-Maoization process."
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Anti-fascistsPoets from ChinaGeneral Secretaries and Chairmen of the Communist Party of ChinaAnti-imperialistsNon-fiction authors from China
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Daniel Leese, "Mao the Man and Mao the Icon", in A Critical Introduction to Mao (2010) edited by Timothy Cheek
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Mao Zedong
1893 â 1976
chinesischer Revolutionär
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