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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you gone and asked them? Because last time I checked the majority of Chinese love Mao. They also have positive views on socialism and their socialist government.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yes, I spend more than half of my life in China.

I was taught about culture revolution, the land reform movement, the great leap forward, and the great Chinese famine in Chinese classrooms and by my parents and grandparents who experienced most of them in person.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am guessing that you grandparents were landlords or political dissidents?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Nope, they are not, neither landlord nor even activist. They are victims, normal people struggling to live their lives. Like millions of others that we see in class.

They are not even the biggest victim, since I am still here. Like I said, countless people died during these time, including successful scientists, journalists, researchers, writers, musicians, athletes, intellectuals, doctors, politicians, generals, people with extraordinary contributions to the country and its people. These are even taught in Chinese classrooms.

See: https://www.minguowang.com/character/rw-xh/20556/

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did you grow up in the mainland China or was it in Taiwan?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago