In these youtube-videos you will be introduced to the life of Mao Zedong and the suffering of his people under him:
1. China - A Century of Revolution 1949-1976
2. Mao Zedong: China's Peasant Emperor, part 1
3. Mao Zedong: China's Peasant Emperor, part 2
4. Mao Zedong: China's Peasant Emperor, part 3
5. Mao Zedong: China's Peasant Emperor, part 4
6. Mao's Great Famine

Reading suggestion: Philip Short: Mao - A Life. London 1999