Mao Zedong is one of the greatest revolutionary figures of the 20th century. Under his leadership, China defeated the Japanese invaders and became one of the strongest powers in the world. In modern China, there is still veneration of Mao Zedong; his authority remains unquestioned for the Chinese. But Mao’s ideas are popular not only in China. His statements have long become slogans of the radical left movement throughout the world; Suffice it to remember that back in 1968, in Paris and Washington, rebel students chanted slogans from Mao’s works while fighting on the barricades.