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As a founding father of the People's Republic China, Mao was praised as a rising sun in the east. The unification of China and the victory of the Korean War not only got rid of humiliation of China in the past 100 years, but also made Mao a God-like deity in the mindsets of the Chinese. Hostile international environment as well as Mao's romantic idealism, Mao launched political and economic campaigns one after another such as the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution. Mao's life-long rule left optimistic and pleasant memories and psychological dark scar among the Chinese.
 * __ The Mao Years from 1949 to 1976 __**

**Questions**:
 * What are Mao's achievements?
 * What is Mao's legacy and how to evaluate his legacy?
 * Why did Mao want to be an ally with the Soviet Union in 1949 and why did he split with the Soviet Union?
 * Why did Mao launch the Cultural Revolution and how to evaluate the Cultural Revolution?
 * What motivates Mao and Nixon to approach each other?
 * Why did Mao claim that he was another first Qin Emperor?
 * Why did George Washington quit his president position while Mao held the power to his death?
 * Do you have different impression/opinion of Mao before and after watching the movies?

PPT:
 * Reading ** : Chapters 26, 27, 28, and 30
 * Movies ** : China, A Century of Revolution 2 (1949-1976)