http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2012/11/xinyang-incident-during-the-1958-1962-famine/ Watching China Politics from Cyberspace Mon, 20 May 2013 14:50:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2012/11/xinyang-incident-during-the-1958-1962-famine/#comment-59944 C.B.M. Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:55:24 +0000 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/?p=146006#comment-59944 I wish the citizens of China were told the truth about Mao. The man was evil and cared nothing about the peasants or anyone other than himself. He was responsible for the death of seventy million innocent Chinese citizens, not to mention the violence and torture he directed toward the survivors.

]]> http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2012/11/xinyang-incident-during-the-1958-1962-famine/#comment-59943 Will Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:13:36 +0000 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/?p=146006#comment-59943 This book is more detailed, more original, and more painstakingly researched than Dikötter’s. Yang Jisheng is the first place to go for a thorough account of the Great Leap Forward Famine.

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