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Mao Zedong Part 1: Peasant’s Son, Communist Rebel
Real Dictators
Mao Zedong and the Chinese Revolution
Mao insists that it's his way or the highway. A Chinese revolution must be ignited in a Chinese fashion. This isn't Russia. The Russians believed that revolution came from within the urban core. And Mao would say, no, revolution in China comes from the peasantry. That's heresy to the Kremlin. Hence that huge divide that never heals right through to Stalin's death and then Mao's death. Two great communist powers, great monoliths remain at logheads.
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