Chinese chairman
I believe the answer is:
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">chinese chairman</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for mao that I've seen before include "Former Chinese Chairman" , "Great Chinese leader . . . Tse-Tung (3)" , "Former Chinese leader" , "Eastern leader" , "Red" .)