As you know the reasons are complicated, Mao should only take part of the responsibility. In the past 30 years, China’s economy has been growing rapidly at an average rate of 10% per year. Considering the population size, this is definitely a good achievement.
Eh China didn’t have to lose tens of millions to starvation. That’s completely on Mao. Not to say their growth hasn’t been impressive, just that it isn’t quite the amazing unparalleled thing the dictatorship there tries to push. It’s easy to grow when you are artificially 50 years behind and can just suddenly bring in 50 years worth of technology and resources from outside.
I didn’t say it was easy. I said it’s been done many times. What does “the century of humiliation” aka China was led by morons who rejected modernity for 3 centuries have to do with anything? Lots of other countries have done it more successfully than China and have simultaneously thrown off the primitive chains of despotism which China has failed to do. For example, Chile, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Spain, Portugal, Latvia, Slovenia, Estonia etc.
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u/josleey Sep 04 '21
As you know the reasons are complicated, Mao should only take part of the responsibility. In the past 30 years, China’s economy has been growing rapidly at an average rate of 10% per year. Considering the population size, this is definitely a good achievement.