1893-1976
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(372) documents
1893- 1976
East Asia
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1879- 1953
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January 9, 1964
Mao writes to President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana after he escapes an attempted assassination. He promises to support the Ghanaian people and their anti-imperialist struggle.
August 29, 1963
Mao echoes a recent statement from Ho Chi Minh, opposing American imperialist aggression in South Vietnam. He urges revolutionaries around to support South Vietnamese [communists] in their struggle against the Americans and Ngo Dinh Diem. (Note: Originally published in the People's Daily on August 30, 1963.)
March 22, 1960
Mao asserts that only a small percentage of people in the world—imperialists, reactionaries, and revisionists—truly oppose communist China.
May 15, 1959
In commenting on a speech for China's ambassador to India, Mao emphasizes that, overall, India is a friendly country. China's primary enemy is not India but the imperialist United States. (The name of Ambassador Pan Zili is redacted throughout.)
April 15, 1959
Mao discusses issues related to Tibet, including his conversations with the Dalai Lama and foreign opposition to Chinese communist actions in the region.
December 1, 1958
Mao argues that the Chinese communists can regard imperialists and reactionaries as "dead, paper, and tofu tigers" because they have become backward and unrevolutionary. But on the other hand, since tigers can eat people, China still needs to think strategically and engage in class struggle.
November 25, 1958
First, Mao asserts that the Western world will eventually splinter. Second, he notes that proletariat is gaining new allies every day.
June 1958
Mao calls for China to develop nuclear weapons within ten years.
May 17, 1958
Mao contrasts the unity that exists between socialist countries with the troubles of capitalist and imperialist countries like the United States.
May 16, 1958
Mao reminds the Chinese communists to respect the Soviet experts, who are visiting their country, as comrades and brothers.
