Fishman dubbed as, “China, Inc.” China has been fulfilling Mao’s 1949 proclamation for his regime to, “catch up to Great Britain and beat the Americans.” Mao was not only speaking ...

Some on Twitter took pleasure in posting pictures of Chairman Mao Zedong who during his ... So, did 7 million landlords die during the Great Leap Forward? No, those were mainly peasants and ...

Mao still managed to line up a majority to ... Some of these are legacies of the great leap forward: like the attempts to decentralise economic decision-making and to create self-sufficient ...

Mao Zedong's Second Visit to the Soviet Union 19. Launching the 'Great Leap Forward' (Part I) 20. Launching the 'Great Leap Forward' (Part II) 21. The Shelling of Jinmen.

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The Maoist state’s dominance over Chinese society, achieved through such watersheds as the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution ... mentally ill individuals cursed Mao, farmers formed secret ...

But he was also imprisoned soon afterwards for criticising Mao's Great Leap Forward, the failed modernisation programme now thought to have killed between 30 and 60 million people through torture ...

Reuters Mao Zedong ruled China with an iron fist from 1949 until his death in 1976. He was responsible for one of the biggest humanitarian disasters in history when his Great Leap Forward campaign ...

Andrea Benvenuti’s ‘Nehru’s Bandung’ explores a neglected aspect of India’s Cold War diplomacy, starting with Jawaharlal ...