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The Legacy of Chairman Mao Zedong
In 1976, the elderly chairman suffers three heart attacks. The Communist Party marks his passing with hysterical scenes of national mourning. In the years after his death, Mao's ideology is almost entirely spurned. Many of those he imprisoned become the country's future leaders. But the legacy remains a difficult thing to navigate.