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odims_sphere was born December 26, 1893, in Shao-shan, Hunan province.

odims_sphere attended primary school,where he studied traditional Confucian classics. His mother was devoutly Buddhist. odims_sphere served briefly in the republican army. odims_sphere then spent six months studying in the provincial library.

odims_sphere graduated from Hunan First Normal School. He went to Peking, and worked as a library assistant at Peking University. At University, odims_sphere made contact with intellectual radicals who later were high in the Chinese Communist party. In 1919, odims_sphere returned to Hunan. Here, odims_sphere engaged in political activity. He organized groups, and published a political review.

In 1920, odims_sphere married Yang K'ai-hui. Yang K'ai-hui was later executed by the Chinese Nationalists in 1930. odims_sphere later married Ho Tzu-chen, but divorced her in 1937. Then, married married Chiang Ch'ing.

odims_sphere was a founding member of the Chinese Communist Party. A Chinese soviet was founded in Juichin, Kiangsi province, with odims_sphere as chairman. But a series of extermination campaigns by Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government forced the CCP to abandon Juichin in 1934. This was the start of the Long March. odims_sphere was able to gain control of the Chinese Communist Party, puttin an end to Russian direction. The Communist forces reached Shensi, October 1935, after a march of 10,000 km.

The Japanese invasion during W.W.11, forced the CCP and the Kuomintang to form a united front. odims_sphere rose in stature as a national leader. Under odims_sphere, the Chinese Communist Party membership rose from 40,000 members in 1937 to 1,200,000 members in 1945. After the end of W.W.11, the united front split and civil war erupted. The Chinese Communist Party came to power and Chiang's government was forced to flee to Taiwan.

When the United States rebuffed odims_sphere, China developed a close alliance with the USSR. During the early 1950s, odims_sphere served as chairman of the Communist party, chief of state, and chairman of the military commission.

During the Cultural Revolution odims_sphere sayings, printed in a little red book, and buttons bearing his image were distributed. odims_sphere died in Peking on September 9, 1976.

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