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Deng Xiaoping and especially Mao Zedong were chieftains, not statesmen, who viewed the populace much like a collection of insects or plants that can be crushed or uprooted without so much as a second thought if they become inconvenient from the chieftain's perspective.
Jan 20, 2013 02:14 PM
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