The Temple Is Rich. The Monks Are Poor (w/ Frank Dikötter) Members Only #336
Topics discussed
Introduction of Frank Dikötter and his book Red Dawn Over China
Western intellectuals' fascination with Maoist China
John Service, traitors, and the violent origins of the CCP
Edgar Snow's Red Star Over China and the David vs Goliath myth
Death tolls of the Great Leap Forward and archival evidence
Western media blindness: Galbraith and Shirley MacLaine's documentary
The Cultural Revolution and societal destruction
Why the West failed to recognize Chinese Communism as real communism
Nixon, Kissinger, and the misconception of Confucian China
Mao's ideological goal to destroy bourgeois culture and subscription pitch
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