Debunking the Myth of Mao
Chinas Great Leader was obsessed with power, sacrificing family and friends in his quest for powerfacts still concealed from the Chinese people by the state.
August 23, 2005
MAO: The Unknown StoryAuthors: Jung Chang & John HallidayPublished by: Jonathan Cape-Random House 2005
WHILE celebrations commemorating the feat of 14th Century Chinese explorer Zheng Ho reach a crescendo throughout Asia, and as the world stands in awe of Chinas meteoric economic growth, out comes a book that is bound to bring back that old wariness about this giant of a country. Mao: The Unknown Story is a riveting, well-documented and well-resea
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