Editing Mao Zedong (section)

== English romanisation of name ==
During Mao's lifetime, the English-language media universally rendered his name as Mao Tse-tung, using the [[Wade–Giles]] system of transliteration though with the circumflex accent in the syllable ''Tsê'' dropped. Due to its recognizability, the spelling was used widely, even by the PRC's [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China|foreign ministry]] after [[Hanyu Pinyin]] became the PRC's official romanisation system for [[Mandarin Chinese]] in 1958; the well-known booklet of Mao's political statements was officially entitled ''[[Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung]]'' in English translations. While the pinyin-derived spelling ''Mao Zedong'' is increasingly common, the Wade–Giles-derived spelling ''Mao Tse-tung'' continues to be used in modern publications to some extent.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explainer: Mao Zedong or Mao Tse-tung? We Have the Answer |last=Pottinger |first=Jesse |work=That's Online |date=26 August 2019 |access-date=24 April 2020 |url=https://www.thatsmags.com/china/post/29208/mao-zedong-or-mao-tse-tung-we-have-the-answer_1}}</ref>