Mao Zedong Part 3: The Cultural Revolution
Real Dictators
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The Decadence of Chairman Mao
Mao Zedong's private physician will write a book detailing the decadence he witnessed firsthand. Mao believes that sating his voracious sexual appetite keeps him young, prolonging his life. Dr. Lee Zizhui claims some of the women are even proud to be infected. The great leap forward has proved disastrous and for the first time there are murmurs within the Communist Party that perhaps the great helmsman should be replaced.
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