Mao Zedong’s Travelling Circus

To first subdue and then eliminate rural opposition to his rule, Mao inflicted on the peasantry men who 'took liberties with women and tended towards violence' , as author Brian DeMare relates in 'Land Wars: The Story of China’s Agrarian Revolution'. With Hong Kong persisting in its brave defiance, that's a chilling precedent to bear in mind

David Hanna

Nov 19 2019

10 mins