Friday, January 3, 2025

Could have been worse

Mao Zedong was feeble in his old-age and his wife ran a shadow government and justified her commands as 'coming from Mao himself'.

Under her tenure, the median estimate for "excess deaths" due to atrocities during the Cultural Revolution was 2 million.

That pales beside the death-toll from The Great Leap Forward with estimates between 15 million and 55 million. It is not know what, if any, roll Jiang Qing Zedong played in The Great Leap Forward.

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2 comments:

  1. Toirdhealbheach BeucailJanuary 3, 2025 at 9:57 AM

    The last years of the Mao regime are a fascinating (if awful) read and worth the time.

    Over time, I suspect more will come out about the Current Resident's administration and how it actually ran - especially as the ramifications of those decisions manifest themselves and individuals involved are looking to deflect blame.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM

    Woodrow Wilson, anyone?

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