Without Mao, 1949 would not be the year that the new China was brought into existence. The rest of the communist leadership would taken a different approach to resolving the civil war against Chiang Kai-shek's KMT. read more
With the capture of Beijing and Tianjin in the 1st month, Chiang lost any chance he had for dominance of northern China. Without Mao, some communist leaders would be hesitant to launch a campaign south of the Yangtze, where Chiang had more support and the communists had suffered setbacks in the early 1930s. read more
A brief profile of Chinese Revolution figure Mao Zedong, written by Alpha History authors. read more