319 | Frank Dikötter: Shattering the Myths of China After Mao
The Realignment
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The History of Mao's New Democracy
Mao has a ghost writer who helped him come up with a pamphlet entitled On the New Democracy. This was published in 1942 when China is invaded by Japan. He promises everything that people would like to hear on the New Democracy promises democracy. In fact, it is the same thing as the Bolsheviks did before 1917, which is to make a lot of promises you will then break one by one once you are in a position of power.
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