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First of all, I do not myself consider Mao as a heroic figure because he has done many wrongs to the Chinese people. However, I certainly would not make a bold statement such that "what possible good could Mao have?" First of all, I think he definitely saved China during and after World War II. By looking at statistics, during Chiang Kai-Shek's rule 87% of the Chinese people were under the standard poverty line, and this did not improve at all as the times changes. However, only three years after Mao's takeover, China's poverty rate reduced to 58%. Back in Chiang Kai-Shek's time, the government officials and soldiers frequently take over peasant's food, rape their woman, even kill many of them without being properly punished. This certainly did not happen after Mao's takeover. My friend Zhang, who is studying Chinese history, totally agrees with me the notion that Mao indeed "liberated China" in the sense that he made most Chinese, especially the poor ones, a much better life. How can you, Palerider, compare Mao's story to that of Hitler? Again, do not lecture me on how many people Mao indirectly killed during the later years, because I never said that Mao is a good leader. He indeed committed many terrible wrongs in his later years. But my point is, Mao did contribute significantly to the Chinese people.
First of all, I do not myself consider Mao as a heroic figure because he has done many wrongs to the Chinese people. However, I certainly would not make a bold statement such that "what possible good could Mao have?" First of all, I think he definitely saved China during and after World War II. By looking at statistics, during Chiang Kai-Shek's rule 87% of the Chinese people were under the standard poverty line, and this did not improve at all as the times changes. However, only three years after Mao's takeover, China's poverty rate reduced to 58%. Back in Chiang Kai-Shek's time, the government officials and soldiers frequently take over peasant's food, rape their woman, even kill many of them without being properly punished. This certainly did not happen after Mao's takeover. My friend Zhang, who is studying Chinese history, totally agrees with me the notion that Mao indeed "liberated China" in the sense that he made most Chinese, especially the poor ones, a much better life. How can you, Palerider, compare Mao's story to that of Hitler?
Again, do not lecture me on how many people Mao indirectly killed during the later years, because I never said that Mao is a good leader. He indeed committed many terrible wrongs in his later years. But my point is, Mao did contribute significantly to the Chinese people.
