“Chairman Mao once said that “revolution is not a dinner party,†and he wasn’t kidding. Mao destroyed China. Quite apart from the staggering number of deaths caused in the Great Leap Forward, and the lives ruined by the Cultural Revolution, he decimated the intellectuals, annihilated China’s cultural heritage, and encouraged parents to have large families, resulting in a population explosion that is still being dealt with today. Gifford, Rob. China Road (p. 85). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. ”
