Tag Archives: Mao

Mao’s Great Famine couldn’t happen again (but June 4th could)

Posted on June 6, 2012 by T

I recently finished reading Mao’s Great Famine: The History of China’s Most Devastating Catastrophe by Frank Dikötter, which outlines the full scope of horror that was the Great Leap Forward which in four years claimed 45 million lives. However, that … Continue reading →

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Trading family for a washing machine – Are China’s poor really better off?

Posted on May 17, 2012 by T

China’s rise has lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty, but has life really improved as much as that claim implies? As a recent study shows, life satisfaction in China has not increased over the past 20 years, which seems to … Continue reading →

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Heard on Weibo, 3/18-3/24 The Coup Edition

Posted on March 24, 2012 by China Change

Mystery abounds. Suspense builds. Millions in China, as someone on Twitter puts it, have been immersed lately in writing “movie scripts” of court intrigues in Zhongnanhai (中南海, gov’t headquarters in Beijing). Under normal circumstances, they can’t even get within 30 … Continue reading →

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