Li Dazhao
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Li Dazhao was a Chinese intellectual, revolutionary, and political activist who co-founded the Chinese Communist Party with Chen Duxiu in 1921. He was one of the first Chinese intellectuals to publicl
Li c. 1920
Li at age sixteen, 1905
Chen Duxiu
Li in 1917
Mao Zedong
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Mao Zedong was a Chinese communist revolutionary, political theorist and the founder of the People's Republic of China. He led China from the PRC's establishment in October 1949 until his death in Sep
Li Dazhao
…intellectuals to publicly support Bolshevism and the October Revolution, and his writings and mentorship inspired a generation of young radicals, including Mao Zedong. Born to a peasant family in Hebei province, Li was educated in modern schools in China and later at Waseda University in Japan. He rose to prominence…
Formal portrait, 1950
Mao in 1913
Students in Beijing rallying during the May Fourth Movement
Location of the first Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in July 1921, in Xintiandi, former French Concession, Shanghai