Mao Zedong Part 1: Peasant’s Son, Communist Rebel
Real Dictators
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It's been 44 years since Mao Zedong's body was laid to rest in the grandiose Chairman Mao Memorial Hall. The country's ruling Communist Party officially recognizes this man as an heroic leader. But many observers both inside and outside of China are far less flattering. To them he's a sadistic thug. A man who was willing to sacrifice half of China's population in pursuing his dream of global domination.
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