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Maos Grandson Rises in Chinese Military
He enjoys good food, collects Chinese fans and keeps an unapologetically patriotic blog. Now Mao Xinyu, the 39-year-old grandson and only surviving male heir of Mao, has become the youngest major general in the Peoples Liberation Army, according to the state media.
Although his elevation has not been officially announced by the military and some Web sites have dismissed it as a rumor, the news was reported Thursday by the Changjiang Daily, a state-run newspaper, and has been among the top news items on Chinese Web portals as the nation prepares to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the revolution that brought Mao and the Communists to power.
A historian trained at the Central Party School and a steadfast guardian of Maos political thought, the younger Mao is one of the Great Helmsmans four grandchildren.
Chinas ruling party, unlike the one in neighboring North Korea, disavows hereditary rule. Even so, General Mao has had a low profile compared with that of other descendants of some major Communist Party leaders. He is not viewed as a princeling,.
Chinese analysts at one time speculated that General Mao might harbor ambitions of becoming a big-city mayor. But he seems to have settled for what has turned out to be a rewarding career in the military. He has also had some success writing books and articles on his grandfather.
During interviews, General Mao provides reliable paeans to his grandfather, whom he describes as the spine of the Chinese people, or simply the Chairman. Without the guidance of Mao Zedong thought and Marxist theory, our industrialization and modernization could not have been accomplished, he said in an interview published last month by Southern People Weekly. China will not produce anyone as great as Mao Zedong within the next one thousand years.
General Mao says he has no recollection of his grandfather, who died in 1976. His father, Mao Anqing, was dogged by illness, and he was reared by his mother, a photographer and army general.
In an interview published last year by News Express, a newspaper, General Mao complained about the pressures of being born into modern Chinas most famous family. As a descendant of the Leader, I do have a lot of stress, he said. I feel that people are always watching my behavior, so I must do good.
Although his elevation has not been officially announced by the military and some Web sites have dismissed it as a rumor, the news was reported Thursday by the Changjiang Daily, a state-run newspaper, and has been among the top news items on Chinese Web portals as the nation prepares to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the revolution that brought Mao and the Communists to power.
A historian trained at the Central Party School and a steadfast guardian of Maos political thought, the younger Mao is one of the Great Helmsmans four grandchildren.
Chinas ruling party, unlike the one in neighboring North Korea, disavows hereditary rule. Even so, General Mao has had a low profile compared with that of other descendants of some major Communist Party leaders. He is not viewed as a princeling,.
Chinese analysts at one time speculated that General Mao might harbor ambitions of becoming a big-city mayor. But he seems to have settled for what has turned out to be a rewarding career in the military. He has also had some success writing books and articles on his grandfather.
During interviews, General Mao provides reliable paeans to his grandfather, whom he describes as the spine of the Chinese people, or simply the Chairman. Without the guidance of Mao Zedong thought and Marxist theory, our industrialization and modernization could not have been accomplished, he said in an interview published last month by Southern People Weekly. China will not produce anyone as great as Mao Zedong within the next one thousand years.
General Mao says he has no recollection of his grandfather, who died in 1976. His father, Mao Anqing, was dogged by illness, and he was reared by his mother, a photographer and army general.
In an interview published last year by News Express, a newspaper, General Mao complained about the pressures of being born into modern Chinas most famous family. As a descendant of the Leader, I do have a lot of stress, he said. I feel that people are always watching my behavior, so I must do good.
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