He led the Communist Party of China to victory in the Chinese Civil War. · He implemented the "Great Leap Forward" in 1958 and the "Cultural Revolution" in 1966. · He was the leader of the People's Republic of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976. Which Asian political leader is being described? A) Mao Zedong B) Indira Gandhi C) Chiang Kai-Shek D) Ryutaro Hashimoto