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Mao Zedong Part 2: The ‘Great Leap Forward’
Real Dictators
Mao's Tiger Bench
Wang Shui publicizes his followers' grievances for all to see. Mao has Wang arrested and subjects him to a uniquely excruciating form of torture called the Tiger Bench. Performative violence is essential to how Mao works, says Dr Michael Lynch. Anyone who steps out of line is liable for the tiger bench, or worse.
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