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Mao Zedong Part 3: The Cultural Revolution

Real Dictators

CHAPTER

The Demizable Ushauchi

Mao's depravity is left in no doubt. He demands Liu's slow and painful death is filmed for his personal pleasure. Mao has melded China into a country built on terror and state control. The Demizable Ushauchi is a high watermark of Mao's cultural revolution. It's a revolution that has decimated Mao's rivals, both real and imagined. In all, two million of China's best educated citizens are murdered. Millions more are sent to labor camps.

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