Mao Zemin [SEP] place of birth
Mao Zemin
Mao Zemin (毛泽民; April 3, 1896 – September 27, 1943), also using Zhou Bin (周彬) as his alias, was born in Xiangtan, Hunan province. He was the head of the state bank of the Chinese Soviet Republic in Ruijin and also the Minister of National Economic Department. He was a younger brother of Mao Zedong, and joined the Communist Party of China early on. During World War II, he was sent to Xinjiang by the Party central committee in 1938. He
, his mother gave birth to her fourth child, Mao Zemin, with a further son, Mao Zetan, being born when Zedong was eleven. She also gave birth to two daughters, both of whom died in infancy, although soon after Zetan's birth the couple adopted a baby girl, Zejian, who was the daughter of one of Mao's paternal uncles.
As was common at the time, Mao began embarking on farming activities aged five or six, being instructed to watch over the cattle and tend to the