Frank Dikötter
An unprecedented, groundbreaking history of China's Great Famine that recasts the era of Mao Zedong and the history of the People's Republic of China. "Between 1958 and 1962, China descended into hell. Mao Zedong threw his country into a frenzy with the Great Leap Forward, an attempt to catch up to...
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During the episode, Senator Rand Paul referenced the book while discussing the history of Chinese communism, citing its account of the devastating famine to illustrate the regime's failures. He used the title to bolster his criticism of the Chinese Communist Party, but did not offer a direct endorsement of the work itself.
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