A village called Shaoshanchong at the foot of the mountain was where Mao Zedong (1893-1976), the late leader of China was born and grew up. An exhibition hall memorializing Mao's life and ...

PRESENTER:'Mao was born in 1893, the son of a well-off peasant ... PRESENTER:There's the Tiananmen gate where Mao ZeDong made that famous speech. It was only 38 years after the fall of the Empire ...

In the city of Shaoshan, where Mao Zedong was born, a former member of China's military, Zhang Xihua, was full of confidence in his country's future: "After 25 years, China will be the number one ...