It added that it had removed more than 100 comments from Ms Hartley's video, which it said was a small proportion of the number that had been left. At first glance, the parallels are striking. Chairman Mao, as he was known, was the defining political figure of 20th Century China. He ran the Communist Party - and the country - from the republic's founding in 1949 until the day he died in 1976. No other Chinese leader has since come close. Until now. irannews.ru The only thing that remains from Mao-era China is the party. And that, she says, is what Xi truly cares about. She has now been able to share the context, but says there are still many comments which are abusive towards women. 'We came too late' They believe it indicates an "if we can't have it, no-one can" approach.