QUESTION:
The People's Republic of China was founded
on October 1, 1949 by Chairman Mao Zedong
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
fields at the age of six, but two years
later was sent to the 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.
