The Wages of Communism - The Chinese Catastrophe Under Mao - coyoteblog.com
Excerpt from this article:
"What comes out of this massive and detailed dossier is a
tale of horror in which Mao emerges as one of the greatest mass
murderers in history, responsible for the deaths of at least 45 million
people between 1958 and 1962. It is not merely the extent of the
catastrophe that dwarfs earlier estimates, but also the manner in which
many people died: between two and three million victims were tortured to
death or summarily killed, often for the slightest infraction. When a
boy stole a handful of grain in a Hunan village, local boss Xiong
Dechang forced his father to bury him alive. The father died of grief a
few days later. The case of Wang Ziyou was reported to the central
leadership: one of his ears was chopped off, his legs were tied with
iron wire, a ten kilogram stone was dropped on his back and then he was
branded with a sizzling tool – punishment for digging up a potato....American university campuses, in their current orgy of admiration for
socialism, will have to work extra hard to whitewash this, but I am
sure they are up to the task."
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