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The private life of Chairman Mao : the memoirs of Mao's personal physician / Zhisui Li, translated by Professor Tai Hung-chao ; with the editorial assistance of Anne F. Thurston ; foreword by Professor Andrew J. Nathan.

By: LI, Zhisui, 1919-1995.
Contributor(s): Tai, Hung-chao, 1929- [(tr.)] | Thurston, Anne F [(ed.)].
Publisher: London : Arrow, 1996Description: xxii, 682 p. ; 20 cm.ISBN: 0099648814.Subject(s): Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976 | Heads of state -- China -- BiographyDDC classification: 951.050924
Contents:
Forword. - Preface. - Acknowledgments. - Maps of China. - Maps of Zhongnanhai. - Organization of the Chinese Communist Party in the Mid-1950s. - I: The death of Mao. - II: 1949-1957. - III: 1957-1965. - IV: 1965-1976. - V: The aftermath. - Notes. - Chronology. - Biographical sketches. - Index.
Summary: For the first time here is the extraordinary inside story of one of the most powerful men who ever lived. Mao Zedong had control over more people for a longer period than any other leader in history. In this intimate biography we learn not only about the imperial grandeur of his life in a country racked by poverty and the vicious infighting at his court, but also about his extraordinary personal habits: his teeth turned black because he would only clean them with his tea; he hardly ever bathed but then received Krushchev in his swimming pool where he obliged the Soviet President to join him. Li's revealing also chronicles Mao's voracious sexual appetite that led to the seduction of thousands of peasant women because he believed in the mystical healing power of sex. Zhisui Li spent more time with Mao than perhaps any other person. He witnessed first-hand the catastrophic events that Mao's dotage and paranoia sparked in a country that revered him as a demigod. The Private Life of Chairman Mao is a landmark biography, as fascinating as it is important to the understanding of modern china. - Back cover.
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"First published in the United Kingdom in 1994 by Chatto and Windus" - t.p. verso

Forword. - Preface. - Acknowledgments. - Maps of China. - Maps of Zhongnanhai. - Organization of the Chinese Communist Party in the Mid-1950s. - I: The death of Mao. - II: 1949-1957. - III: 1957-1965. - IV: 1965-1976. - V: The aftermath. - Notes. - Chronology. - Biographical sketches. - Index.

For the first time here is the extraordinary inside story of one of the most powerful men who ever lived. Mao Zedong had control over more people for a longer period than any other leader in history. In this intimate biography we learn not only about the imperial grandeur of his life in a country racked by poverty and the vicious infighting at his court, but also about his extraordinary personal habits: his teeth turned black because he would only clean them with his tea; he hardly ever bathed but then received Krushchev in his swimming pool where he obliged the Soviet President to join him. Li's revealing also chronicles Mao's voracious sexual appetite that led to the seduction of thousands of peasant women because he believed in the mystical healing power of sex. Zhisui Li spent more time with Mao than perhaps any other person. He witnessed first-hand the catastrophic events that Mao's dotage and paranoia sparked in a country that revered him as a demigod. The Private Life of Chairman Mao is a landmark biography, as fascinating as it is important to the understanding of modern china. - Back cover.