
Same day reporting on Mao's death explores his long life (1893-1976), rule of China since 1949, the purges, industrialization, relations with the USSR, the "great leap forward," impact of the cultural revolution, speculation on future relations with the U.S., and his potential successors. Also includes a report on the Soviet Union's response to Mao's death. ABC's reporting ends with excerpts from Ted Koppel's 1973 documentary on the PRC featuring little kids swearing the oath: "I am a little Red guard of Chairman Mao."