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Mao cannot tolerate defiance. His power relies on sycophantic's observance. Liu Xiaojie must be punished. But all in
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good time, Mao can't turn
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on Liu immediately. Within the party Liu is well known and well liked. Mao will move slowly and carefully. Dr Michael Lynch is an historian and biographer of Mao.
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There seems to be a decency about him. You don't find him Mao. You was moved. It was hurt. It was played by the famine when you realized how many had died. And he pointed out publicly before the comrades that that policy obviously had gone wrong and had to be adjusted. Mao was outraged because we didn't do this. You didn't openly challenge. Now Mao was wise enough still to know that Liu was still to be useful as an administrator. So he keeps him on. But he is a marked man from then
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on. This will be revenge served exceptionally cold. Mao's plan to destroy his second in command will unfold over a
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