# Mao Zedong (1893–1976) Up: [[Topics/Fascism, Nazism and the Left-Right Spectrum/Fascism, Nazism and the Left-Right Spectrum|Fascism, Nazism and the Left-Right Spectrum]] - Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic (1949) ◻. - Launched the Great Leap Forward (1958–62), with people's communes, backyard steel and grain-procurement quotas. The resulting famine is estimated at roughly 15–55 million excess deaths; Yang Jisheng gives about 36 million, Frank Dikötter at least 45 million. Named in: [[Users/@handre/Post Analyses/Post Analysis - Handre on Socialism, Communism and Fascism (2026-10-25)|@Handre on socialism, communism and fascism (Oct 25, 2026)]]. Rating key: ✅ accurate · 🟡 partly · ⚠️ misleading or unverified · ❌ contradicted · ❓ opinion or unsourced. ◻ means a standard reference fact I didn't open this session.