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The 133 pages that link to Mao Zedong, each with the reason it gives.

• Deng XiaopingCompared with: Deng redirected policy after Mao while preserving the Communist Party’s central authority.

• Chiang Kai-shekCompared with: His victory over Chiang’s forces ended Nationalist rule on the mainland.

• Leonid BrezhnevCompared with: The Sino-Soviet split made Mao's China a rival Communist power during Brezhnev's leadership.

• KuomintangCompared with: His forces defeated the Kuomintang in the Chinese Civil War.

• Reform and Opening UpCompared with: The post-1978 program departed from Mao-era economic priorities while retaining one-party rule.

• Xi JinpingCompared with: Xi invokes Mao-era party traditions while governing in a different economic and institutional setting.

• Hu JintaoCompared with: Mao’s personalist revolutionary rule contrasts with Hu’s bureaucratic, post-reform leadership.

• Hu ShihCompared with: Mao’s communist politics became the dominant alternative to the liberal tradition Hu defended.

• Hu YaobangCompared with: Hu’s rehabilitation of Mao-era victims challenged the political legacy of Mao’s campaigns.

• Soong Mei-lingCompared with: His victory over the Nationalists displaced the government and political world she served.

• Wang MingCompared with: Mao’s growing authority displaced the Moscow-aligned line Wang Ming had championed.

• 14th Dalai LamaCompared with: His policies and the Dalai Lama's calls for Tibetan autonomy defined opposing political visions.

• Deng Xiaoping TheoryCompared with: The theory retained Party rule while shifting emphasis away from Mao-era class struggle.

• Bo GuCompared with: Mao's rise displaced the leadership line Bo Gu had represented.

• Eight EldersCompared with: Mao’s personal rule preceded the collective, elder-centered politics that followed his death.