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> It's not clear how many died in TSquare but it's a few thousands at most. That's very far from the hundred of millions of people China has. Mao did kill off
by varjag 3y ago
> It's not clear how many died in TSquare but it's a few thousands at most. That's very far from the hundred of millions of people China has.
Mao did kill off millions in the Great Leap, with no dissent.
- tibbydudeza 3y agoAfaik it was not "planned" unlike Stalin and Beria's NKVD - Mao ordered crows killed to increase crop yields not thinking about the consequences of remove a predator from an ecosystem because the smart folks were either ignorant or afraid of going to a re-education camp. Mass starvation.
- varjag 3y agoMao killed people for mistakes far less than that, didn't he.
- George83728 3y agoUnder Mao's rule, millions of people were overtly executed. It wasn't just Mao's incompetence that got people killed accidentally. He ordered millions of people to be murdered.
- powerapple 3y agodo you have reference for this? I am Chinese and would like to learn.
- tibbydudeza 3y agoThe Cultural Revolution.