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— Aug 11, 2025 05:52PM
Jung Chang accuses Mao of killing x = a x b x c number of people, where a = 'China's prison and labour camp population', b = 'annual death rate', and c = the years of his rule. She does not explain why a = 10 million.
Jung Chang does not show why Mao was responsible. Apparently she simply blames Mao for every Chinese death of whatever kind.
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— Aug 09, 2025 08:18PM
Self-interests are indeed primary
for human beings, but it does not stop here. It is also our nature to extend this to helping others ... so working for the interests of others is in my own self-interest'.
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— Aug 09, 2025 07:19PM
The Great Leap Forward, on the other hand,
was designed to accelerate China's industrialization and farm production. Chang and Halliday show no understanding of the dilemma Chinese communists faced in the late 1950s, as a result of China's severe international isolation and the military blockade.