My Interview with Mao

Interview with Chairman Mao

Q. Chairman Mao you emphasize the importance of the working class. What in your past installed this impression?
A.  I was born in 1893 into a small village in the Hunan Province. My father was a grain father. He was fairly wealthy but we still had to work to make money and provide food. I started to help my father when I was just six years old. I started school when I was eight years old. But I still had to work at dawn and when I finished school in the evenings. I did the accounts for my family since my father only went to school for two years. So have been in the working class I recognized how tiring life is, and not a lot of people realize how hard life can be.That is why I think we should help the working class.

Q. What other education did you have after primary school?
A.  I finished my elementary school learning in Changsha. I then attended a Teacher Training College after I left the Republican army. I graduated at the First Provincial Normal School. That was what my education was and I must thank all my teachers that taught me what I know today.

Q. What steps did you take to become the Leader of China?
A. I was an early member of the Communist Party of China. I quickly climbed to the top of the Party. We the Communist  Party made an alliance with the Nationalist Party. The Nationalist broke our alliance and we began a civil war. The Communist eventually won and the Nationalist left for Taiwan. The Communist Party was now in control of China with me as it’s leader.

Q. Why do you believe people follow you?
A. I believe there are two main reasons believe in me so much. The first being that I am helping so many people. China is has so many poor farmers that are treated with no respect. And I am changing that now all the workers have dignity in the fact that they are workers and that they don’t live an extravagant life. Secondly is that people want to move into a new era. They have had enough of the past. People want to have new ideas instead of doing the same thing for their entire lives. I am trying my hardest to push our country into that new era with the Cultural Revolution.

Q. Thank you so much for your time, but I have one question for you. How are you holding up as you get older?
A.  It is 1974 and I have been very sick. Lately my health has been getting worse. They think I have ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease. My lung infection has also been getting worse. All I can do is have a positive attitude and try my best to stay in there. Hey I won a Civil War, became a leader of China and started the Cultural Revolution. I think I’ll make it through this.