PREVIEW: #PRC: #Mao: #XI: From a longer conversation aout why Xi appears to be imitating Mao's Cultural Revolution dictatorship of the 1960s and 70s -- despite the facts in 2024 of a badly failing economy and vast unemployment for the young and educated.
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
4.5 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 3 January 2024
⏱️ 5 minutes
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| 0:56.0 | This is John Bachelors speaking with with my colleagues, Gordon, and Charles Burton about the Mao |
| 1:07.2 | appearing in Shijin Ping, the Maatsitung, the dominator of the 20th century, the man responsible for the torment and mass death |
| 1:17.4 | of the Chinese people, Mao, consolidating power in the cultural revolution of the 1960s that led to |
| 1:25.6 | Depredation in ruin for families for generations and the question is is she |
| 1:30.9 | jing ping following this? Is that what we're observing now in these |
| 1:36.1 | odd remarks where on the one hand he asked for foreign investment and the other hand |
| 1:41.9 | he threatens Taiwan and threatens his own people. |
| 1:45.3 | Charles Burton in Canada has experience with Chinese live there, he has the language and his analysis is very helpful to compare these two eras in |
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