Fisherman with Sou'wester Painting by Vincent van Gogh

Mao Tse-tung (now spelt Mao Zedong) was worshipped like a god in his own lifetime by his countrymen. He transformed a weak and semi feudal backward country into a modern and one of the most powerful countries of the world. Mao struggled for several decades to found the Communist China. Mao was known to his countrymen as ‘Chairman Mao’ because he was the Chairman of the Central Committee of Chinese Communist Party and he was also the Head of the State