Comments on: China, Day Eight: Mao watch http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/05/31/china-day-eight-mao-watch/ Think. It ain't illegal yet... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:48:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: cwmackowski http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/05/31/china-day-eight-mao-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-66505 cwmackowski Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:36:24 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=9449#comment-66505 @ Russ --> I was really surprised by the level of Mao worship, to be honest. No one ever seems to call him out for the catastrophe that was the C.R. Tens of thousands of people still visit his tomb every week, too. @ Darrell --> Those Mao watches are so classy, it's no wonder everyone wants to sell them. I couldn't bring myself to buy one of Mao's Red Books since that's all free on the internet! @ Russ –> I was really surprised by the level of Mao worship, to be honest. No one ever seems to call him out for the catastrophe that was the C.R. Tens of thousands of people still visit his tomb every week, too.

@ Darrell –> Those Mao watches are so classy, it’s no wonder everyone wants to sell them. I couldn’t bring myself to buy one of Mao’s Red Books since that’s all free on the internet!

]]> By: Darrell http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/05/31/china-day-eight-mao-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-66359 Darrell Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:46:31 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=9449#comment-66359 What I found fascinating when I went to Tienanmen Square is that I was in what many considered the epicenter or symbol of "Communism", but I was surrounded by people constantly undercutting each other trying to sell stuff. I saw two guys almost duke it out over who got to sell me a $1 Mao book, It was the greatest display of capitalism I've ever seen. What I found fascinating when I went to Tienanmen Square is that I was in what many considered the epicenter or symbol of “Communism”, but I was surrounded by people constantly undercutting each other trying to sell stuff. I saw two guys almost duke it out over who got to sell me a $1 Mao book, It was the greatest display of capitalism I’ve ever seen.

]]> By: Russ Wellen http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/05/31/china-day-eight-mao-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-66316 Russ Wellen Sun, 31 May 2009 19:14:23 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=9449#comment-66316 Like Mongolia embracing Genghis Khan as the father of its country, Mao worship is kind of pathetic considering how predatory he was toward his own people:<blockquote>The U.S. State department in 1976 estimated that there may have been a million killed in the land reform, 800,000 killed in the Zhen Fan campaign. Mao himself claimed that a total of 700,000 people were executed during the years 1949–53. However, because there was a policy to select "at least one landlord, and usually several, in virtually every village for public execution", the number of deaths range between 2 million and 5 million. (Wikipeida)</blockquote> Like Mongolia embracing Genghis Khan as the father of its country, Mao worship is kind of pathetic considering how predatory he was toward his own people:
The U.S. State department in 1976 estimated that there may have been a million killed in the land reform, 800,000 killed in the Zhen Fan campaign. Mao himself claimed that a total of 700,000 people were executed during the years 1949–53. However, because there was a policy to select “at least one landlord, and usually several, in virtually every village for public execution”, the number of deaths range between 2 million and 5 million. (Wikipeida)

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