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The question above has a typo, add ideal between "an" and "leader".

No

No

"Mao Tse Tung said ... Change must come through the barrel of a gun"

Pole question wrote:Was Mao Zedong an leader for China??

Yes he was. Between 1949 and 1974 or something. I might be a couple of years out on the dates, but I can't be bothered to check Wikipedia at the minute.

You can't catch us out with your tricksy questioning that easily.

hehe what a funny question

I thought the same Stopper, of course he was the leader of China.

Stopper wrote:

Pole question wrote:Was Mao Zedong an leader for China??

Yes he was. Between 1949 and 1974 or something. I might be a couple of years out on the dates, but I can't be bothered to check Wikipedia at the minute.

You can't catch us out with your tricksy questioning that easily.

No, it was Mao Tse-tung

But seriously:

I have a great respect for the work he and his party undertook to industrialise and unify China, though I can never support the hysteria and chaos, he unleased at the height of the cultural revolution.

sorry guys that was a typo

Gee, anyone here Chinese? Wow, none of you? Really?

ZawBanjito wrote:Gee, anyone here Chinese? Wow, none of you? Really?

i am! and i'm proud of it!

I think, considering the climate of china at the time (ie. the occupation of the kuomingtan) he was a good leader to bring into the fold. He had a very nationalistic approach, and he gave china back to the people.

However, and it is a large however, he then went onto kill his own people, in a paranoid witch hunt, that he labelled as "class-action".

So maybe after winning back china, he should have just died....

But then again, flashleg8 wouldnt have anything to bleat about.

possibly, but after the fiasco with the moose, things took a drastic turn

Don't forget he tried a version of Stalin's 5 year plan, and it back fired just as badly, if not worse.

Finish Him!

NO

the chaos and suffering he inflicted on china far outweights any good he did at the beginning

muy_thaiguy wrote:Don't forget he tried a version of Stalin's 5 year plan, and it back fired just as badly, if not worse.

"The Great Leap Forward"

I would disagree it backfired though.




Or Baa Baa Baa (as Norse would say )

Incidently Motherwell FC's fanzine is called "Waiting for the Great Leap Forward" - to be honest I think we'll be waiting a while!

If having a sexually perverted murderous monster is ideal, then yes. Otherwise, no.