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Mao Commemorated and Castigated, 40 Years Later

The Chinese Communist Party’s “Great Helmsman” Mao Zedong died on September 9, 1976, opening the door to dramatic social and economic reforms under Deng Xiaoping. Forty years later, the Party has still not allowed a full public accounting of the costs of Mao’s political campaigns, which led to the deaths and persecution of millions of Chinese. Meanwhile, his faithful adherents have commemorated the anniversary by paying tribute both at home and