| − | '''Mao Zedong''' (December 26, 1893 – September 9, 1976), also known as '''Mao Tse-tung''', was the leader of the Chinese Communists and a ruthless [[Atheism|atheist]] dictator after he came to power in 1949. While not the founder, he was an early member of the [[Chinese Communist Party]] in 1921. In 1935, Mao was elected to the Executive Committee of the [[Comintern]] in Moscow and remained on this committee until it was publicly disbanded in 1943. Mao is regarded as perhaps the most prolific [[mass murder]]er in human history, not even counting the innumerable unborn female babies whom he [[abortion|callously slaughtered]].<ref>[http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/20TH.HTM "20th Century Democide"]. ''hawaii.edu''. Retrieved on 20 October 2015.</ref> | + | '''Mao Zedong''' (December 26, 1893 – September 9, 1976), also known as '''Mao Tse-tung''', was the leader of the Chinese Communists and a ruthless [[Atheism|atheist]] dictator after he came to power in 1949. While not the founder, he was an early member of the [[Chinese Communist Party]] in 1921. In 1935, Mao was elected to the Executive Committee of the [[Comintern]] in Moscow and remained on this committee until it was publicly disbanded in 1943. Mao is regarded as perhaps the most prolific [[mass murder]]er in human history, not even counting the innumerable unborn female babies whom he [[abortion|callously slaughtered]].<ref>[http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/20TH.HTM "20th Century Democide"]. ''hawaii.edu''. Retrieved on 20 October 2015.</ref> '''''To this day [[Communist China]] harshly punishes anyone who dares criticize or ridicule Chairman Mao'''''. |
| | Despite Communist propaganda presenting Mao as a leading liberator of China from Fascist Japan during the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], [[Mao Zedong war treason|he committed war treason]] in collaborating with the Japanese Army, expediently allowing the right-wing Nationalists to be militarily weakened fighting the Japanese whereby the CCP would drastically benefit in subsequent years.<ref>Keck, Zachary (March 27, 2014). [https://nationalinterest.org/feature/chinas-communist-party-japan-forgotten-history-10533 China's Communist Party and Japan: A Forgotten History]. ''The National Interest''. Retrieved September 18, 2023.</ref> Mao's inaction facilitated the ruthless torture, rape, and murder of millions of Chinese civilians at the hand of Japanese invaders, whom he thanked in the postwar years.<ref>Dent, Christopher (2008). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/China_Japan_and_Regional_Leadership_in_E/0GHZBhi4zz0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=mao+zedong+thanks+japan&pg=PA89&printsec=frontcover China, Japan and Regional Leadership in East Asia], p. 89. ''Google Books''. Retrieved September 18, 2023.</ref><ref>Black, Jeremy (2017). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Second_World_War/FAokDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=mao+zedong+thanks+japan&pg=PT11&printsec=frontcover The Second World War, Vol. III: The Japanese War 1941–1945], p. 1. ''Google Books''. Retrieved September 18, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Nine_Commentaries_on_the_Communist_Party/T5x7BgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=mao+zedong+thanks+japan&pg=PT172&printsec=frontcover Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party]. ''Google Books''. Retrieved September 18, 2023.</ref><ref>Lü, Peng (August 14, 2013). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_History_of_China_in_the_20th_Century/gRLREAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=mao+zedong+thanks+japan&pg=PA563&printsec=frontcover A History of China in the 20th Century], p. 563. ''Google Books''. Retrieved September 18, 2023.</ref><ref>Lu, Xing (2017). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Rhetoric_of_Mao_Zedong/Qby8DgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=mao+zedong+thanks+japan&pg=PT92&printsec=frontcover The Rhetoric of Mao Zedong: Transforming China and Its People]. ''Google Books''. Retrieved September 18, 2023.</ref> | | Despite Communist propaganda presenting Mao as a leading liberator of China from Fascist Japan during the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], [[Mao Zedong war treason|he committed war treason]] in collaborating with the Japanese Army, expediently allowing the right-wing Nationalists to be militarily weakened fighting the Japanese whereby the CCP would drastically benefit in subsequent years.<ref>Keck, Zachary (March 27, 2014). [https://nationalinterest.org/feature/chinas-communist-party-japan-forgotten-history-10533 China's Communist Party and Japan: A Forgotten History]. ''The National Interest''. Retrieved September 18, 2023.</ref> Mao's inaction facilitated the ruthless torture, rape, and murder of millions of Chinese civilians at the hand of Japanese invaders, whom he thanked in the postwar years.<ref>Dent, Christopher (2008). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/China_Japan_and_Regional_Leadership_in_E/0GHZBhi4zz0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=mao+zedong+thanks+japan&pg=PA89&printsec=frontcover China, Japan and Regional Leadership in East Asia], p. 89. ''Google Books''. Retrieved September 18, 2023.</ref><ref>Black, Jeremy (2017). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Second_World_War/FAokDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=mao+zedong+thanks+japan&pg=PT11&printsec=frontcover The Second World War, Vol. III: The Japanese War 1941–1945], p. 1. ''Google Books''. Retrieved September 18, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Nine_Commentaries_on_the_Communist_Party/T5x7BgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=mao+zedong+thanks+japan&pg=PT172&printsec=frontcover Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party]. ''Google Books''. Retrieved September 18, 2023.</ref><ref>Lü, Peng (August 14, 2013). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_History_of_China_in_the_20th_Century/gRLREAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=mao+zedong+thanks+japan&pg=PA563&printsec=frontcover A History of China in the 20th Century], p. 563. ''Google Books''. Retrieved September 18, 2023.</ref><ref>Lu, Xing (2017). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Rhetoric_of_Mao_Zedong/Qby8DgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=mao+zedong+thanks+japan&pg=PT92&printsec=frontcover The Rhetoric of Mao Zedong: Transforming China and Its People]. ''Google Books''. Retrieved September 18, 2023.</ref> |
| | This confirms the accuracy of democide analyst R.J. Rummel's research on China, who was citing the book ''Mao: The Unknown Story'' by Jung Chung and Jon Halliday. Taking every available estimate of Chinese democide by category and time period; averaging them out and adding them together; repeating the process several times; doing the same with other Communist states and comparing the results; Rummel estimated 77,000,000 Chinese were killed by Mao Tse-Tung, assuming 38 million famine-dead from 1959 to 1961.<ref>[http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/20TH.HTM "20th Century Democide"]. ''hawaii.edu''. Retrieved on 20 October 2015.</ref> Mao was responsible for more deaths than [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]], [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]], [[Pol Pot]], [[Nicolae Ceausescu|Ceausescu]], and [[Tito]] ''combined''. Despite this massive body count, Mao remains an icon for certain segments of the far-left. For example, his likeness and books are often seen at [[Occupy Wall Street]] events. | | This confirms the accuracy of democide analyst R.J. Rummel's research on China, who was citing the book ''Mao: The Unknown Story'' by Jung Chung and Jon Halliday. Taking every available estimate of Chinese democide by category and time period; averaging them out and adding them together; repeating the process several times; doing the same with other Communist states and comparing the results; Rummel estimated 77,000,000 Chinese were killed by Mao Tse-Tung, assuming 38 million famine-dead from 1959 to 1961.<ref>[http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/20TH.HTM "20th Century Democide"]. ''hawaii.edu''. Retrieved on 20 October 2015.</ref> Mao was responsible for more deaths than [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]], [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]], [[Pol Pot]], [[Nicolae Ceausescu|Ceausescu]], and [[Tito]] ''combined''. Despite this massive body count, Mao remains an icon for certain segments of the far-left. For example, his likeness and books are often seen at [[Occupy Wall Street]] events. |
| − | [[Image:Little red book.jpg|right|thumb|During the so-called [[Cultural Revolution|"Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution"]], it was required for every Chinese citizen to own, read, and carry at all times ''Quotations from Chairman Mao'', also known as "the little red book".]] | + | [[Image:Little red book.jpg|right|thumb|During the so-called [[Cultural Revolution|"Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution"]], it was required for every Chinese citizen to own, read, and carry at all times ''Quotations from Chairman Mao'', also known as "the little red book."]] |