Mao Zedong Part 1: Peasant’s Son, Communist Rebel
Real Dictators
China's Biggest Neighbor Has Been Turned Around
China was in deep depression by the late 19th century, early 20th century. The notion among Chinese is that our faults come from two sources. Since the 1840s led by the British, we had openly imposed upon us the famous Oakland Wars. China wasn't strong enough militarily to resist this. And then you have the second major complaint among revolutionaries. It's culpable, our government which should leave resistance, it's actually in co-hoots with the West and we are suffering as a consequence. We want to change that, we can't do it through normal means because there are no normal means. We've only rebellion.
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