Other Crap

Mao: the Untold Story. A review of a book on the life of Chairman Mao: "the whole official history of the revered founding father of Communist China is a myth written to cover up the evil of a monster". A few samples:

• Mao and his leading comrades never actually marched, since they were carried in litters and were generally treated "like landlords."
• Mao never tried to pit his Reds against the Japanese: He was too busy plotting to destroy his own rival commanders and to maneuver Stalin to help give him control of China on a plate.
• In Yenan in 1941, Mao funded his operations by turning 30,000 acres of fertile land to opium production.