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Let the ancient serve the present, let the foreign serve the national by developing that which has been accomplished one creates something that is new.

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Mao Zedong
Age: 82 †
Born: 1893
Born: December 26
Died: 1976
Died: September 9
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Former Chairman Of The Communist Party Of China
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Mao Tse-tung
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Mao Ze Dong
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Tse Toung Mao
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