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The Chairman's New Clothes: Mao and the Cultural Revolution The Chairman's New Clothes: Mao and the Cultural Revolution by Simon Leys
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“Mao has never accepted the failure of the "Great Leap". As one of the texts reproduced below demonstrates, he would have preferred to see China perish from famine rather than readjust his own vision or recognize his mistakes.”
Simon Leys, The Chairman's New Clothes: Mao and the Cultural Revolution