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The Early Life of Chairman Mao With Brandon Gauthier

The China History Podcast

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Ma's Youth Is Essential for Understanding Chairman Ma

Chairman Ma's youth is absolutely essential for understanding the origins of ideas that lead him to believe these things. He believes, at the height of his power, that he could break down china and renew it. Where does that idea come from? What are the origins of that line of thinking? And we'll see it in the cultural revolution Literally. Youwil have kids tasked redguards with destroying the old china to raid the grave or the tomb of confucius. where does that come from? Malse dong, to whatever extent he acts in an evil way, a lack of feeling and ympathy for those suffering, inherently believes what he is doing is going to

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