Can someone please link me some decent sources on Mao? (Specifically around who and how many were killed). Wiki uses vague terms like "intellectuals", but I'm p sure they weren't using IQ tests as a basis for execution...

  • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    I have three books on my reading list that may be good, but I haven't got around to them yet and would appreciate any thoughts/alternate recommendations:

    • Fanshen -- the author lived in China in the late 30s and again in the late 40s; apparently focuses on the land reform program
    • Red Star Over China -- apparently the author interviewed Mao extensively
    • The Good Earth -- a novel, but written while the author lived in pre-revolution China