QUESTION:
The People's Republic of China was founded
on October 1, 1949 by Chairman Mao Ze Dong
from the Gate of Heavenly Peace, overlooking
Tiananmen square.
It
had been a long march for Chairman Mao from
his birth place in the small village of Shaoshan
in the southern Chinese province of Hunan.
When was Chairman Mao born:
A.
December 26, 1893
B. December 25, 1901
C. April 29, 1939
D. September 9, 1976
ANSWERS:
A is correct! Mao was the first-born
son of a Hunanese farmer at a time when Emperor
Guangxu ruled in far-off Beijing. Mao started
working with his father in the field at the
age of six, but two years later was sent to
a local school.
From
these beginnings, he went on to lead the then
nearly 500 million Chinese to form the People's
Republic of China which remains today.
You are wrong if you said D. September 9,
1976 was the date that the Chairman passed
away and is still a day of rememberance for
many Chinese.
