Few books have shaped history like Mao’s Little Red Book—read by hundreds of millions, it became a symbol of revolution, ideology, and power. But was it propaganda or a guide to a new world?

Inside are four hundred quotations from ... Listen to the documentary Mao's Little Red Book Goes West on Radio 4, Friday 5 February at 11am and then online.

The platform is largely known as RedNote, but literally translates to "Little Red Book ... of a book of quotations by People's Republic China founder and longtime leader Mao Zedong.