Mao Anqing

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Mao.

This article is about last known surviving son of Mao Zedong. For his older brother, who died in the Korean War, see Mao Anying.
Mao Anqing
Born(1924-11-23)23 November 1924
Central South University Xiangya Hospital, Changsha, Republic of China
Died23 March 2007(2007-03-23) (aged 82)
People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
SpouseShao Hua
Children1 (Mao Xinyu)
Parent(s)Mao Zedong
Yang Kaihui

Mao Anqing (

mental illness, possibly schizophrenia.[1]
He worked as a translator and never became active in politics.

Early life

Mao Anqing was born at Central South University Xiangya Hospital in Changsha, in Hunan province. His mother was executed by the local warlord, He Jian, in 1930. Mao Anqing, his elder brother Mao Anying and his younger brother Mao Anlong escaped to Shanghai. Their father was in Jiangxi province at the time, and they were looked after by local communist activists. They spent some time living on the streets, and Mao Anqing was badly beaten by a policeman in 1930. Some blame this beating for his later mental illness. His younger brother Mao Anlong died in Shanghai.

Mao and his surviving elder brother were sent to Paris in 1936, and then moved to Moscow, where they remained until 1947. Mao Anqing and his brother participated in World War II for the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany.

Later life

Mao returned to China with his brother in 1947 and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The Communist forces under his father defeated the opposing Kuomintang forces on mainland China in 1949, and proclaimed the People's Republic of China. His brother was killed in 1950 in Korea, and Mao Anqing's mental illness worsened. He spent considerable periods in mental hospitals.

Mao Anqing worked as a researcher at the

linguist.[2] He also wrote various books on his father. He was never actively involved in politics.[3]

Personal life

He married

male line descendants of Mao Zedong. Shao Hua died on 24 June 2008, In People's Liberation Army Hospital in Beijing, in the age of 69.[3]

When Mao Anqing died in 2007, he was the last of Mao Zedong's known surviving sons.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Last son of Mao Zedong stayed away from public life". The Irish Times.
  2. Xinhua. 25 June 2008. Archived from the original
    on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2008.
  3. ^ a b "Chairman Mao's daughter-in-law, a photographer and PLA officer, dies in Beijing at age 69". International Herald Tribune. Associated Press. 25 June 2008. Retrieved 30 June 2008.
  4. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Last Word". BBC Radio 4. 30 March 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2020.

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