Biographies || Speeches and Primary Sources || Photographs
Biographies and Profiles Chinese Leaders: Mao, Asia for Educators, Columbia University http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/tps/1900.htm#mao Includes background readings, discussion questions, and excerpts from speeches given by Mao. Living Revolution/Dying for Revolution, Morning Sun, Long Bow Group http://www.morningsun.org/living/dying/mao.html# Features a video clip about Mao’s death.

Chinese Leaders: Mao, Asia for Educators, Columbia University
http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/tps/1900.htm#mao

Select the “primary source" options from the menu for writings by Mao. Also includes background readings, and discussion questions. 

A 1966 article from a revolutionary publication extolling Maoist doctrine. Displays the role Mao played in China in mid 1960s. 

A glowing 1966 introduction to a compilation of Mao’s quotations by Lin Biao, a renowned military commander of Mao’s Red Army. 

Sound files of selected speeches. 

English translations of Mao’s quotations. The site also includes a wide range of other materials related to Mao and the Cultural Revolution.

Selections from the first five volumes of the English translation of Mao’s writings, with a search function.

English translations of a wide range of Mao’s works including speeches, poems, and essays.

Click on “quotes" next to Mao’s picture for a selection of quotes by Mao.

An excerpt from the memoir of Chinese actress Liu Xiaoqing, reflecting on the importance of Mao in her life during the Cultural Revolution.

An Illustrated History of the Communist Party of China, China Internet Information Center
http://www1.china.org.cn/english/features/46056.htm

This PRC government sponsored website includes many photos from the early 1920s through the early 1990s; Mao is in several of them.

Photos of Yan’an, the end point of the Chinese Communists' “Long March."

Presented by Stefan Landsberger (University of Amsterdam and Leiden University), this website includes around 1,700 images of Chinese propaganda posters dating from 1949 to the present, additional background on the majority of the posters, and suggestions for further reading. The posters are searchable by topic or artist. Posters of Mao can be found in several sections, including “The Mao Cult" and “Great Leap Forward."

Nine serious and not-so-serious images of Mao.

A small collection of portraits and photos.

Video clips, including Mao waving and reviewing the army.

MaoPost: Vintage Chinese Propaganda Posters
http://www.maopost.com/

Posters of Mao and other leaders from this retail website dedicated to selling posters. The site features images of around 1,000 mid to late twentieth century Chinese propaganda posters, with a focus on the Mao era. Posters are organized by category and each poster is accompanied by English language translations of text.

Features images of Mao badges and a video clip of “radiating Maos." The site also includes a wide range of other materials related to Mao and the Cultural Revolution.

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