Mao's Red Terror in China | Free Documentary History

[@FreeDocumentaryHistory]

At the beginning of the cultural revolution, China very much followed Stalin’s and Russia’s lead. But that ended and two communist enemies emerged. This is the story of Mao and what he did to the Chinese Psyche. They called him the “great leader “ The documentary gives a good overview of the situation in Asia from the 1930s until the 60s/70s. You get insight a lot of insight into the dynamics: why the Korean War happened, why two bombs were dropped on Japan and not only one. It’s a long watch and well worth it.

[@navydiver7018]

Ohhh . . . Had we helped? Our guys dying on their soil, or do you mean our people lacking by our taxes going there? It’s only those two things when emotion is taken out. While I feel for the world: China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Zimbabwe, Libya, all of Europe(simmering on the way to boiling), Argentina, chile, Japan’s defense, Haiti, etc, etc, etc…where all should our troops, money, and mental energy/hearts go? That’s leaving out the Middle East. Oh and Russia, Ukraine, Eastern Europe. Can we care but not get into any of these?….we seem to go from one to the next.

[@fandychenz1576]

@@navydiver7018 ,

[@pacificcoast3381]

Only the communists still call Mao Zedong the "Great Leader" because he was the first one who brought ruling communism to China. Pol Pot, the communist Khmer Rouge leader from 1975 to 1979, had a vision that he could do better that Mao for Cambodia: a Killing Field. Only when the people of China can openly express their voice and vote, and by only then they can exactly say who their "Great Leader" really is.

[@eric-nd9yy]

what time this doc release?

[@merryweather4988]

@@navydiver7018 Totally agree. Films like this one here conveniently blame communism for the death and destruction yet totally whitewash the fact that the so called democracies in the West is also the cause of these death because they r the ones supporting and complicit in these wars and killings. The Vietnam, Korean, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Iraq, Yugoslavia, Ukraine etc etc. All these wars all over the world since WW2 were caused by or instigated by the US and its so called democratic countries.

[@PinkyJujubean]

My grandpa once said that anyone who claims to have all the answers or the perfect system should never be trusted under any circumstance. He was a wise man, my old Gramps.

[@deirdrenugent1887]

So please please please any Americans reading this, listen to Gramps wise words and DON'T let trump win 🙏🙏🙏

[@benangel3268]

So perhaps we should stop listening to Adam Smith and Mr Friedman.

[@PinkyJujubean]

@@benangel3268 perhaps so. They also claimed to have the answers. As did that Rothbard guy

[@WingkKong]

The west said democracy is the perfect system

[@PinkyJujubean]

@@WingkKong there's no such thing as a perfect system. Some are less flawed than others but that's about it really

[@gabrielabarca9011]

In 1989, during the Tiananmen Square protests, three young men named Yu Zhijian, Yu Dongyue, and Lu Decheng threw ink and paint-filled eggs at the portrait of Mao Zedong that hung over Tiananmen Square. This act was a significant symbolic gesture against the Chinese government and the cult of personality surrounding Mao. Here is what happened to them: Yu Zhijian: He was sentenced to life imprisonment. However, he was released after serving 11 years in prison due to poor health. Yu Dongyue: He was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Yu Dongyue suffered severe physical and mental abuse while in prison, which left him mentally ill. He was released in 2006, after serving 17 years. Lu Decheng: He was sentenced to 16 years in prison. Lu Decheng managed to escape to Thailand in 2004 while on medical parole. He later moved to Canada, where he was granted asylum.

[@terryfishbourne6927]

Thank you xxx❤

[@Devil-advocateO.o]

If those youngers knew they're being used to destabilize their own county by foreign agents that nearly wiped out the Native Americans.

[@zaidhaseen8967]

Ok what America and Europe were doing with their colonialism power … were they creating paradise everywhere,????

[@jeff_forsythe]

Mao took away from the Chinese people all sense of the Divine. My friend was in Shanghai lately teaching English and every time the word God was mentioned students would ask what does God mean? Right now, Xi has given his blessing to the genocide of the 100 million Falun Gong using torture, slavery, organ harvesting and murder.

[@ThePlataf]

No white colonialists have ever rivalled communism for barbarity.​@@zaidhaseen8967

[@RT-qd8yl]

I'm very glad this is being provided to us for free. Thank you!

[@FreeDocumentaryHistory]

you’re welcome!

[@jameshodgetts5594]

Not really free we still have to pay for the internet 😮

[@MrWert1978]

thanks

[@thezendruid]

Honestly surprised this video hasn’t been removed by the commies who run this site

[@nebwachamp]

@@jameshodgetts5594 not McDonald's.. Well maybe not..

[@Dd-sunshine68]

Isn't it ironic the man who came from a wealthy farming family and was trained as an intellectual those were the first people he sought to destroy

[@johnhoward374]

Revolutionaries are always from well-to-do middle class homes. Thats how they come up with their crackpot theories, too much time and money for their own good. Over educated and think they know it all

[@gaiusjulius_caesar2059]

Quite standard practice in each instance of a communist takeover...

[@remy12]

The same thing with Pol Pot.

[@henricusholtman3883]

Mao was brilliant, whatever you think of his policies, Pol Pot was not. Pol pot envisioned a society of peasants, a distinctly anti-Marxist sort of thing.

[@gaiusjulius_caesar2059]

@henricusholtman3883 Well, you can't fight that logic ... In solidarity, Theodore Kaczynski has written a congratulatory letter... Be sure to check post !!!

[@lonco2323]

It never fails to amaze me, how those who never experienced the brutality of communism. Speek so highly of it and conveniently bypass the horror of the ideology.

[@FreeDocumentaryHistory]

indeed. And i find it disrespectful if not an outrage to the people who really suffered through it. Thank you for your time to comment

[@weplaydk2343]

​@@FreeDocumentaryHistorydo you make these documentaries or do you just upload the work of others?

[@FreeDocumentaryHistory]

@@weplaydk2343 You know Netflix? Like that. We produce our own documentaries and we license ie pay for the rights to stream documentaries on our channel.

[@FreeDocumentaryHistory]

@@weplaydk2343 We are like Netflix: some documentaries are in-house produtions while other documentaries are licensed ie fees are paid to distributors giving us the right to stream. Only difference is we don't charge a subscription fee.

[@anthonylewis62]

they simply dont realize the evil behind it,

[@heartfulhaidyn]

My friend’s grandpa is super rich but he is also a hardcore Maoist-he even used to own and write for a “Maoist newspaper.” He’s never lived in China. It’s so ironic.

[@nebwachamp]

I bet he votes blue too. Passing laws for taxes and regulations that stifle small business allowing big businesses to thrive unopposed

[@grandpabill1959]

Money is the root of all evil.

[@nebwachamp]

@@grandpabill1959 money is a place holder for value. The lust for money us the root of all evil.

[@nebwachamp]

@@grandpabill1959 u see, capitalism didn't kill 100 million ppl. It was the ideology enforced by the envious Marxist that hated ppl for succeeding.

[@grandpabill1959]

@@nebwachamp agreed be safe.

[@Mach5Johnny]

Hard to believe that so many people to this day still worship this Monster!

[@kallekas8551]

Why not?😂 Putin and Jia Ping modern equivalents.

[@Dd-sunshine68]

Maby there afrade not too like the Kim's there rull is absolute although my opinion is there waking up with ping's ruling china currently

[@samueljackson6188]

One mans monster is another mans pet. Remember that the next time you critize someone. All governments are like this.

[@robertmead9234]

And Che Guevara!

[@stevenhall9349]

@@robertmead9234 I watched a history channel documentary on Che He sure did not like Black people.

[@sharkinmc9437]

My dad experienced the cultural revolution, and he is one of thousands and millions of victims. He almost died during the natural disaster (actually is a man made disaster) there are lots of sad stories he told me. It’s so sad that history repeats itself. I hope that Chinese people don’t have to suffer that situation again

[@truthmonster3290]

there was nothing cultural about that revolution

[@Magno_o_Mago-iz1we]

The TRUE pis tha today's modern China owes a lot to Mao and the Socilsit Revolution. Today it is the second economy in the world, the largest creditor of the United States, the Asian country has the largest middle class, is the largest manufacturer and is the largest exporter in the world, and is a leader in science and technology. Before Mao and the revolution, China lived immersed in anarchy, superstition, poverty, misery, profund social inequalityexploited by Western imperialist countries.

[@truthmonster3290]

@@Magno_o_Mago-iz1we Mao killed 100,000,000 Chinese and said it's ok, we have 100,000,000 more. Go get a refund from your failed government school

[@NicolasMogensen]

My wife's grandmother (who died 3 years ago) was a young teenager during those years. She refused to talk about it when we brought it up since we were both extremely interested in those years. Her father had been a minor landowner and the family lands were taken away, divided and given to others. Conveniently, the hardcore communists didn't leave them anything so they had to go live in the forest for years, scavenging and eating whatever they could find. Grandmother lost 2 siblings and 2 uncles -one disappeared and one killed- during the Cultural Revolution. My wife's father told us these things and also why grandmother didn't want to: After she had returned to the village, she was so thorughly brainwashed by Communists that she ended up believing everything that happened was entirely fair and she was lucky to be alive. Also, the years had been so hard that she barely survived and she felt physical pain thinking about the hunger, PTSD. They apparently often had to make soup out of grass and bark just to not go crazy from hunger. We never left anything on the plate whenever we ate with the family because grandmother would be visibly upset and uncomfortable seeing such a valuable thing as FOOD being wasted. Mao was a madman.

[@richeytony21]

Pay attention America.

[@LouielamsonTranNguyen]

The Red Waves of Terror, symbolized by the bloodbath unleashed by Mao and Ho in Southeast Asia during the 1960s and 70s, has left a lasting scar that extended into the Pol Pot Genocide of Cambodia, famously known as 'the killing fields,' following the Vietnam War. The legacies of the Mao Red Terror, Ho Red Terror, and the horrors of the Pol Pot Genocide all trace back to a common root: the bloodbath of communism in Southeast Asia in the 20th century. The question remains: could such atrocities repeat in the 21st century and beyond? This documentary is a poignant reminder of the dark chapters of history, and I appreciate you sharing it.

[@hiennguyen5949]

The brainwashing education of the Vietnamese Communist Party keeps people from knowing these truths. Many people don't even know that HCM and Pol Pot are friends...🤣

[@weplaydk2343]

Good question, but could there be a form of communism that doesn't result in bloodshed and starvation but Instead benefit people?

[@hiennguyen5949]

​@@weplaydk2343 Communism is created from 3 main points: lies, violence, corruption. If one of the three is missing, it is not communism.

[@garychandler4296]

Yes there is. I lived a year in an American intentional community (there were 2000 at the time) and learned that even their true democracy had it's problems. The best model I have read on was from another community, where they had our system, only most power went to a benevolent dictator, ruling in favor of the majority. Problem in the world is, it's all about money, not morals or even spirituality.

[@tonyatgoogle6076]

Bloodbath unlease by Mao... History is written by the victors, and the victors has been the west. Bear that in mind. Your understanding of history is patchy at best but mostly misinformed. Ask yourself why is Mao so revered in China when (you) think he is such a monster?

[@jmariano7692]

Thank you for the free top tier content!! Very informative and interesting to watch 👍

[@muzic4lyfe2005]

The guy is responsible for 70 million deaths and is still venerated.... that's mind boggling

[@cliffa2901]

The US is responsible for 45 million deaths Did you know that. Look it up.

[@jacquelineperet6599]

What's mind boggling is what the colonial west did to the lworld the last 400 years

[@jesseperez4185]

​@@jacquelineperet6599 It's an evil world we live in

[@mr.coffee6242]

​@@jacquelineperet6599 i have nothing to do with the past 400 years. I dont feel bad for "The West" having done things centuries ago.

[@lahoku]

@@jacquelineperet6599the west did far less than the east that committed more brutality for thousand of years. Learn before your leftist mouth runs rampant

[@1992trung]

Chinese people in 1949 : " Thanks God, we get rid of that ditactor Chiang Kai shek and his corrupted servants " . Mao : " Allow me to introduce myself , comrades ! " 😢😢😂😂

[@johnhoward374]

They had to import sparrows from the soviet union. Man that cracked me up

[@powergrassp7769]

Because he had no choice, the Soviet Union had the power of life and death over Mao Zedong. Mao Zedong endured it until the 1960s.

[@FreeDocumentaryHistory]

Mao was größenwahnsinnig which means he had the same affliction all dictators have: delusional. He thought he knew better than Nature. He was cruel.

[@RT-qd8yl]

@@FreeDocumentaryHistory Thank you for the documentaries 🙂

[@friday2593]

这个是谣言- -

[@TheDutchShepherd]

​@@friday2593ok mr china

[@elvishassassin1]

My parents grew up during the Cultural Revolution. China was like North Korea, it was an open air prison. I hope that period of history will never repeat itself ever again.

[@FreeDocumentaryHistory]

Thank you for your comment. It’s chilling in its matter-of-factness.

[@elvishassassin1]

@@FreeDocumentaryHistory Thanks for replying so quick! I have second-hand PTSD from all the stories my mother told me about her childhood and adolescence.

[@Professor__S]

History rhymes.. Its going to happen again in the next 10 years

[@chrisz1155]

Critical theories and cancel culture are already deeply rooted in western world. Some forms of cultural revolution is not far from western population.

[@jeff_forsythe]

Mao took away from the Chinese people all sense of the Divine. My friend was in Shanghai lately teaching English and every time the word God was mentioned students would ask what does God mean? Right now, Xi has given his blessing to the genocide of the 100 million Falun Gong using torture, slavery, organ harvesting and murder.

[@deirdrenugent1887]

Power corrupts...total power totally corupts

[@이이-n4z8y]

No, Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Stop posting bastardization.

[@deirdrenugent1887]

@@이이-n4z8y total and absolute = same thing...

[@이이-n4z8y]

@@deirdrenugent1887 No they aren't, where did you learn English? Also, what you typed is nonsense, what I typed is the actual historical quote.

[@deirdrenugent1887]

@user-io6pj8bz8h did I say that I was quoting someone..did you see quotation marks? You need to have more tolerance...

[@MrJonbon1]

Or does power attract psycopathic personalities? ... the question is based off a quote from Frank Herbert

[@习包子-独裁]

When I watched this video abroad, this video was also restricted from being seen. You can imagine how horrible it is to discuss politics in this country

[@stuartwray6175]

Also? - As well as, including what other video's? You watched it abroad. Where? To 'discuss politics in this country'? Where? 'in this country' or the country in which it was banned?

[@nebwachamp]

​@@stuartwray6175 surprised the Marxist in america haven't outlawed it yet. They just ignore history here in IS academia.

[@jeff_forsythe]

Mao took away from the Chinese people all sense of the Divine. My friend was in Shanghai lately teaching English and every time the word God was mentioned students would ask what does God mean? Right now, Xi has given his blessing to the genocide of the 100 million Falun Gong using torture, slavery, organ harvesting and murder.

[@anypercentdeathless]

I'm in China, too. It's banned here. (VPN)

[@ratatat9790]

@@stuartwray6175 'Videos' mate..it's a plural, there's no apostrophe.

[@vadusnisky]

One of the most bizarre and memorable experiences I ever had was walking past a skip full of boxes and boxes of mao' s book just outside a Chinese restaurant that had been abandoned along lark lane in Liverpool about six months after his death . I took half a box full and gave them out as quirky presents at Christmas for years

[@Rah514]

Just when I was wondering what to watch tonight. Thank you for uploading this gents 🍻

[@FreeDocumentaryHistory]

You’re very welcome! 🍻

[@thereaper7682]

Yea me too.. These historic docus are more interesting than movies 😂

[@FreeDocumentaryHistory]

@@thereaper7682 i find them to be excellent palette cleansers too 😀

[@Rah514]

Yeah I’d rather learn new things about the world, history etc than put the garbage that’s usually on TV into my head.

[@vivianjones9749]

Same here! My nighttime routine.

[@davidhudson5452]

Stalin and Mao were much the same

[@StephenLuke]

And without Stalin, Mao wasn't the same.

[@powergrassp7769]

no,liushaoqi were same,maozedong like zhuyuanzhang,if you know east asia history,Zhu yuanzhang got his start by relying on religion, and in the end he suppressed these religions more severely than anyone else,this is for his dream of being an emperor,And the Chinese must support the emperor

[@FreeDocumentaryHistory]

All dictators are much the same

[@chairmansam312]

Very ruthless

[@FranzBieberkopf]

Nah-Mao was far more brutal than Stalin. Also, Mao's evil is still the foundation of today's PRC/ Unlike the USSR, China never underwent de-Maoisation.

[@kenyup7936]

this is totally shocking for me as Chinese, i dont even know in the english world they evaluated our politicians like this, anyway it's a eyes opening in a good way.

[@tycobandit]

In the west, the freedom of the individual is more important than collective opinion. It’s a product of the renaissance in Western Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries. If you want to see what it looks like in Asia look to Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.

[@Magno_o_Mago-iz1we]

The TRUE modern China owes a lot to Mao and the Socialsit Revolution. Today it is the second economy in the world, the largest creditor of the United States, the Asian country has the largest middle class, is the largest manufacturer and is the largest exporter in the world, and is a leader in science and technology. Before Mao and the revolution, China lived immersed in anarchy, superstition, poverty, misery, profund social inequalityexploited by Western imperialist countries.

[@tycobandit]

@@Magno_o_Mago-iz1we wrong, China didn’t become “Modern China” until after Mao died and with substantial western investment. After the civil war Mao was the reason why China was being held back.

[@Magno_o_Mago-iz1we]

@@tycobandit Mao and the Revolution made the basis by which modern China became a giant today, among them stopping the savage imperialist and colonialist Western capitulation

[@tycobandit]

@@Magno_o_Mago-iz1we if that’s what you think then that’s old world thinking, that’s why China will never surpass the west.

[@FollowTheCloud]

My family experienced the horrors of communism in cuba. They escaped

[@danak8782]

In Canada, Cuba almost sound the people are happy and the country rather romantic. 😞

[@steveennever9905]

🥱

[@Aaron-zu3xn]

we're turning into cuba we're following the same pattern in the US that destroys every communist country. china and russia know they're making us look like fools and they're all for it because it works. russia only cares about being #1 superpower in the world they paid millions to ruin the people's trust in 2016

[@MrResearcher122]

If they were real Cubans, they'd remember the horrors of Batista. Many of those who left Cuba are those whose grandparents came from Spanish Mallorca or Spain.

[@garrettkessler1895]

​@@MrResearcher122 Batista sucked...and so does the Castro dynasty. That's a classic case of ..meet the new boss...he's just like the old one!

[@TheMrNatural]

Thank you so much for sharing 🙏

[@paulb2092]

I remember in about 1972 there was a big China fair in Toronto that was a kind of symbol of the rapprochement going on. At that time I was studying the idea of ideology and education, so I went down to the fair and engaged Chinese staff at a bookstore in the fair. The guy I talked to shook his head vigorously at my question, insisting "no politics, no politics."

[@Magno_o_Mago-iz1we]

The TRUE pis tha today's modern China owes a lot to Mao and the Socilsit Revolution. Today it is the second economy in the world, the largest creditor of the United States, the Asian country has the largest middle class, is the largest manufacturer and is the largest exporter in the world, and is a leader in science and technology. Before Mao and the revolution, China lived immersed in anarchy, superstition, poverty, misery, profund social inequalityexploited by Western imperialist countries.

[@TridentNoyes]

This is the most false and ridiculous statement about acceptance

[@FabricofTime]

While I'm sure there was a greater context behind his objection, my goodness would I like to say "no politics" to some of my customers. It is truly tiresome to just being doing your job and have people over and over again try to drag you into political discussions. I'm not saying that he wasn't potentially worried about repercussions, but you could have also been the tenth person that day who wanted to talk about Chinese politics while he was just trying to do his job.

[@brendanakers7294]

@@Magno_o_Mago-iz1weyour right sure a lot of people died to achieve it but look at America. America was built off cheap foreign labor and slavery. Manifest destiny was completed buy foreign settlers. Every developed nation is forged in blood

[@wlwang164]

Thank you for making this documentary! The atrocities, violence, brutality, and despair endured by people in China from the 1950s to the 1970s ought to be known by the world. The impact was widespread, affecting families across the country. The staggering death toll, likely comparable to or exceeding that of World War II. Families teared apart, and decades of economic, social, and educational progress lost. These events left deep psychological scars, instilling fear and a pervasive lack of trust in the society. Shockingly, these realities were never officially acknowledged or addressed in China, and many perpetrators of brutal crimes were never held accountable. Growing up in China during the 1970s and 1980s, these dark chapters were intentionally omitted from our history textbooks. We learned about them from the firsthand accounts of our parents' generation, who survived these tumultuous times and were deeply impacted.

[@cheneychen5703]

如果你多读点其他国家的历史书就知道50年代的饥荒是怎么回事，还有那二十年中国人口数增长多少？这就跟二十一世纪西方媒体还能鼓吹新疆种族灭绝一样可笑。毛泽东做过的坏事我们中国人都知道，但大多数人还是感谢他的好的一面，从那时开始中国已经放弃可笑的意识形态特别是在89年以后，不过用英语的人种以及被所谓民主洗脑的很多上等人已经失去了自己查找真相的能力了，可悲。

[@jeff_forsythe]

Mao took away from the Chinese people all sense of the Divine. My friend was in Shanghai lately teaching English and every time the word God was mentioned students would ask what does God mean? Right now, Xi has given his blessing to the genocide of the 100 million Falun Gong using torture, slavery, organ harvesting and murder.

[@kwamesmith3214]

Considering that I was the actual target of the Great COVID War and didn't get my three concubines/tutors, how am I supposed to care about the Chinese?

[@balozhende5727]

1:05.00 Macau was NOT a British colony. Macau was a Portugueses colony.

[@MisterHowzat]

1:05:30 Portuguese Otherwise, good catch!

[@precessionoftheequinoxes3224]

You think Mao was bad. You should have met his wife, Jiang Qing.

[@FreeDocumentaryHistory]

This is true. She was the leader in the gang of four I believe

[@chimwemunyenyembe4215]

😂😂😂. This is so intriguing, i have never come across the history of Mao's wife, and that she was ruthless.

[@elvishassassin1]

@@FreeDocumentaryHistory Some people think she was a scapegoat.

[@FreeDocumentaryHistory]

@@elvishassassin1 Sure. It’s definitely possible. This inspires me to do some digging. I shall report back on my findings

[@toku_gawa]

No, you should meet those liberal students chanting free Palestine. Anyone who clamours for huge social change is prone to this same behaviour

[@ghormax]

The ancient history of China is overstated. The capital was not always Beijing, the empire was conquered by the Mongols and the Manchus. Some periods saw multiple dynasties simultaneously. The belief in a continuous history is a modern myth.

[@Pollymichaelis]

Thing is the Mongols and Manchus adopted the Han customs

[@jennifersun2638]

​@@PollymichaelisThe language didn't change

[@user-qwertyuiopasdfghj]

But we still use almost the writing from 2000 years ago, speak the same sinitic language which involved a lot of course. I can read ancient text written on bamboo from warring state period. We never spoke the mongol or Manchu lanaguge and our culture during nomadic dynasties was still Confucian. When China is divided like in three kingdoms either party claim to be the true China. When north is occupied by outsiders Chinese culture flourished in southern China

[@user-qwertyuiopasdfghj]

@@jennifersun2638manchus did gradually change their language but mongols did not that’s why Qing dynasty lasted longer than Yuan dynasty

[@tazkrebbeks3391]

What is the definition of an oxymoron. A billionaire communist

[@Hateful_Psycho]

Hahahahaha 😂😂😂

[@jeannedouglas9912]

What about a profiteering altruist.

[@th232r6]

How about Communist Utopia…?

[@SandyDaily-dn1bh]

😂

[@SandyDaily-dn1bh]

​@terrifying

[@nicugh5968]

The democratic capitalist system is not perfect for sure it does have a lot of gaps but the people are never so oppressed. China, Russia, Cuba, and North Korea had more than 100 million of ppl dying by starvation.

[@康龙陈]

一亿太夸张了 我认为正是因为受到压迫他们才选择走的社会主义 这也是很多美国人选川普的原因 希望他能改变点什么 但是川普是个资本家 不会改变什么的

[@ЕгорТрегубов-щ8ю]

Откуда данные ?

[@SandyDaily-dn1bh]

Are you a communist?

[@SandyDaily-dn1bh]

Hi

[@spinusportugal1086]

The British colony of Macau (1:05) !!!????? That is big news for Portuguese people...

[@retiringinparadise]

My friend that came from China to Australia escaping Mao regime was the daughter of a minister in the previous government. She maintains her father was killed in a hospital he went for treatment during the cultural Revolution.

[@Williams.L]

Thanks for sharing 👍🏻

[@johnkad123]

Great documentary with narration, expert opinion, imagery, and footage. Well done

[@balongsawyer9960]

I love this documentary

[@cheneychen5703]

一部充满西式谎言的影片，请把当小说读吧。

[@FootballJunky-r6h]

​@@cheneychen5703why did the Chinese people bow down to Mao though, why did they worship him like a God?

[@WingkKong]

​@@FootballJunky-r6hbecause he create a new dynasty Make China a great power again instead of a country attacked by the west continuously

[@kristopherhop49]

I never understood how communism was supposed to be for the people, but all the leadership, all the planning and all the ownership was centralized and controlled by one small group

[@raymondcheung409]

Well it's like voting but it's a popularity contest. Some want educated people in power for the benefit of society. Or like the west... clowns

[@WingkKong]

The political power and Money in America is also control by small group of people

[@mariussielcken]

​@@WingkKongthe West has an adversarial system.

[@WingkKong]

@@mariussielcken all political system is elite system Ordinary people has no say

[@Ur2ez4me81]

@@WingkKongbut at least many of us how the chance to better ourselves, you can’t over there…

[@SuperiorAmericanGuy]

I like Taiwan due to they agree with me about being against communist China.

[@wickedgood7549]

But they were the losers of the Chinese civil war and they weren't Taiwanese. They were mainland Chinese who followed CKS as escaping from Mao's forces.

[@SuperiorAmericanGuy]

Look if you want me to post negative comments against communist China just to let you know I can’t do that because KZbin will remove negative hostile comments.

[@SuperiorAmericanGuy]

I can’t post negative comments about China due to KZbin removes negative comments off of KZbin.

[@InquisitorXarius]

They are the Republic of Formosa, not Taiwan and definitely not Chinese Taipei.

[@raymondcheung409]

If you actually read the law of Taiwan beforehand during that stage it was as strict as the communist.

[@killaant84]

History is so beneficial

[@BerryMike-d9v]

I’ve gone through culture revolution and I can tell for sure the west, especially USA are in the beginning stage of cultural revolution 😂

[@jamstagerable]

Your misery craves to have some company, huh

[@BerryMike-d9v]

@@jamstagerable for kids, cultural revolution have no misery about, in fact, those time was the most freedom for us: no one care about studying, no homework, not classes after school like today very common in China.

[@mheiseus]

Yeah, I don't think so

[@nicholasgoh3526]

Those who study Communism will find that it has the answer to every problem but the human element is never taken into consideration.

[@nebwachamp]

Putting ppl in charge of that they haven't earned or created is a horrible idea. Capitalism is natural order. The basis for society. Ur skills and resources will complement my skills and resources and we will live better as neighbors than enemies.

[@Dontincludeme]

Exactly 😢

[@pingamalinga]

​@@nebwachampUnregulated Capitalism is faulty also.

[@Spitfire515O]

It has the wrong answers, as proven each time it fails. Marx wasn’t a genius.

[@koltoncrane3099]

Nevwachamp You need to specify deeper though. What we have today isn’t capitalism but more like cronyism or fascism. You have big corporations having employees go into government to write laws and then once they leave government they get high jobs in big business. Or like Hillary she doesn’t work for a bank but got paid millions or six figures a time for speaking events. It’s all bribery just done In a way it’s claimed to be legal.

[@helenachase5627]

Its only those who survived that can speak positively after a war or communist takeover. When those who survive speak of the positive aspects I make note that they too have dehuminized those who suffered senselessly and died

[@yoursoulisforever]

10:20 "...the tsarist Empire had been ousted, and replaced..." No, they were murdered, young women brutally murdered. Telling how you smooth over the truth.

[@JayIsAKnicksFan1]

This dude deserves 100 million subs

[@youtubehatesus2651]

Watching now. Thank you. If Mao's father was a wealthy farmer wouldn't that make him a capitalist and/or landowner? Did he employ people?

[@taylerpowell6155]

Communism is just an excuse for resentful intellectuals to eliminate competition from smarter intellectuals, and establish themselves as Board of Directors of a Corporate Monopoly that owns an entire country's infrastructure. It was invented by Wall Street Capitalists as a weapon to hamper developing societies.

[@SandyDaily-dn1bh]

Communism "shares " remember

[@MisterHowzat]

​@@SandyDaily-dn1bh Mao Zedong's father might not have shared his son's ideology. I dare venture to say he didn't.

[@annechapman-hq4rj]

Very well done, thank you

[@Magno_o_Mago-iz1we]

The TRUE modern China owes a lot to Mao and the Socialsit Revolution. Today it is the second economy in the world, the largest creditor of the United States, the Asian country has the largest middle class, is the largest manufacturer and is the largest exporter in the world, and is a leader in science and technology. Before Mao and the revolution, China lived immersed in anarchy, superstition, poverty, misery, profund social inequalityexploited by Western imperialist countries.

[@annechapman-hq4rj]

@@Magno_o_Mago-iz1we millions of Chinese people died under Mao’s regime. China had such a rich and beautiful history but in every communist regime the beautiful foundation and institutions must be demolished and replaced with the communist approved systems. Did you know China was able to access the world trade system only because the USA gave them permission to enter during the 1970s under the Nixon administration? Many of the leaps forward in industry occurred because China has stolen intellectual properties from the United States off the backs of our engineering and scientific industries. Also, they operate using forced labor camps of Uyghurs and Falun Gong victims and others they consider dissidents in prison labor camps. This helps to keep costs down and enables them to compete with an advantage but at what cost to human dignity? Yes US corporations turn to China to manufacture for cheaper labor costs and the US government has foolishly accepted loans from China. Greed and corruption is prevalent in many societies. Chinese Citizens are controlled by surveillance and the social credit system. If you want to credit Mao then I agree with you for forced labor, stolen intellectual properties, and a the current surveillance state. That is not a place I’d call free and if it’s not free I wouldn’t call it a success.

[@Magno_o_Mago-iz1we]

Unfortunately, there is no revolution without great mistakes and successes, and many deaths - all of this is humanly inevitable, but future history has shown that the revolution was essential to rid the country of backwardness, underdevelopment, inequality, landlords, and the colonial clutches of Western powers. . Abrir no Google Tradutor •

[@Magno_o_Mago-iz1we]

@@annechapman-hq4rj @Magno_o_Mago-iz1we há 9 horas The TRUE is modern China owes a lot to Mao and the Socialsit Revolution. Today it is the second economy in the world, the largest creditor of the United States, the Asian country has the largest middle class, is the largest manufacturer and is the largest exporter in the world, and is a leader in science and technology. Before Mao and the revolution, China lived immersed in anarchy, superstition, poverty, misery, profund social inequalityexploited by Western imperialist countrie

[@吴佳雨-l5x]

@@annechapman-hq4rj funny dont act like you know much about china we dont have labor camps

[@henrikschmidt3964]

I have always considered myself a history buff, but I have mainly studied the European story. So videos like this one is a great help. I got a great overview and I believe I learned a fair bit.

[@jennifersun2638]

We learn history so we can have a Good understanding of how we All got here and Why they way things are.

[@howardchung7050]

Mao was busy recruiting while the nationalist was fighting the Japanese.

[@Huajierenmeiluziye]

China had no place before 1949. A puppet that any country can play with at will。 Kissinger's assessment of the Korean War is that China has been given the impression of a weak and numb country, and the meaning of the war for China is that it will not be that situation again.。

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks for posting

[@SPEAKPROUD711]

Thanks 😊

[@mr.coffee6242]

Quality documentary. Thank you❤

[@wordscapes5690]

Surprised the algorithms have not censored this as yet.

[@briancornish5990]

Didn’t you see the blur over bodies, injuries, executions?

[@wordscapes5690]

@@briancornish5990 I was not speaking of the gore but the history.

[@Jason-ft5xm]

NO as a Chinese We guys all know that the chairman Mao was born into a rich landlord family.

[@grandpabill1959]

I believe it. Look at the way he carries himself.

[@Howtobeahuman101]

My grandparents were farmers wanting to settle down and have a quiet life in love and with the family they had made during mao era China. The horror stories I’ve heard keep me up at night

[@malik_alharb]

Whats a worse place to live in, early comunist China or Stalin's Soviet Union

[@athensmajnoo3661]

In USA as a slave in 1800.

[@rosejacklyn]

North Korea today

[@dongwu-dl5it]

In the United States of America in 2024, thousands of refugees and beggars starve to death every month.

[@PunkSlapper123]

​@athensmajnoo3661 You do realize that slavery existed in nearly EVERY country on earth long before the 1800s?

[@athensmajnoo3661]

@@PunkSlapper123 it doesn't make it any pleasanter in USA, does it?

[@michaeln6312]

If youtube insists that historical footage needs to be censored, then we need an alternative to YT.

[@anacasco7765]

Thanks for showing - briefly - the chronology of those events from the 1930 s to 1960/70s in China, Japan and Korea for some of us still struggle to "ORGANIZE" those events together with the Americas and Europe. Mentioning the reason for the second bomb dropped in Nagasaki is also "educational" for the leftists in Uruguay (who've always messed up even our National History) use that 2nd bomb as "confirmation of how mean the U.S.A. is". Personally, I will always THANK you, Americans, for your never-ending efforts to MAINTAIN PEACE... or to REGAIN PEACE wherever that is required. Of course, some mistakes have been made - you're also "human" - but the Good Intention has prevailed. 👍🇺🇲👍 I'm not a religious person, but I do believe that God knows who you are... and He won't let you down. I wish this ALSO happened here, in Uruguay with the Democratic citizens who are fighting against the LEFTIST & ANARQUIST infiltration we're suffering by 2024.

[@goat0master]

1:05:20 Macau was not a British colony but a Portuguese one ...

[@Gay-ef3si]

Can you do a feature episode about South Korean Presidents Syngman Rhee,Park Chung hee and Chun Doo hwan

[@kwongmyoupww5213]

那樣的總統的事蹟會有人看 會有人想知道嗎？。我來自香港的

[@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe]

This another Thug Monster Hagiography. Great photography!

[@victorperfecto7472]

The irony that xi’s parents were victims of the Cultural Revolution. And he used Mao’s template to crack down dissent

[@乔·拜登-d6p]

啥也不懂，别说了，

[@WingkKong]

Chinese people enjoy the best living standard in its history They have peace n fast growing economy ❤

[@Capyrass]

He comes from a wealthy lineage.

[@Xu-uf5fp]

习是一个中间理性者，一方面他要继续推行改革开放，另一方面毛时代很多目标都是正义性的，习需要继续实现前人的目标。他要缓和两个时代的矛盾，取他们都有益的方面推进国家建设。

[@cuahutemocrex2871]

Hong Kong was a UK possession; however, Macau was a Portuguese colony.

[@Keonne-e1v]

He had a lot of Sparrows killed.😳

[@LilRebelYell]

The "steel" the communities made could barely be called steel as quality control was zero because it was quantity that was valued. Most of this slag was useless and just dumped.

[@Dan16673]

Yup. Couldnt sell to anyone

[@wadejohnston4305]

The man who basically got his start publishing journals and rebelling fought against those very things SO hard

[@roystonfarquhar9683]

What does the present Chinese people think of the Cultural Revolution? Especially with regard to the destruction of cultural artefacts and monuments.

[@VMudaliar]

"You wanna make an omelette, you gotta break some eggs" -A man that understands how to play the game.

[@Dan16673]

Of.course that makes zero sense as eggs must be used to make an ommelette. But you dont have to starve everyone to progress a country

[@ligayamatira2293]

Can you do a feature episode Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos,Sr. and Portuguese Dictator Antonio De Oliveria Salazar and South Korean President Park Chung Hee

[@Mach5Johnny]

Antonio De Oliveira Salazar would be interesting… I love the fact that he really hated Commies but I do recognize that he was no saint either! He was still an extremely authoritarian dictator.

[@kevintewey1157]

2 are CIA planted

[@FreeDocumentaryHistory]

on the list! thank you!

[@Mach5Johnny]

@@FreeDocumentaryHistory you guys should come out with an English translated documentary on the French Mercenary Bob Denard.

[@FreeDocumentaryHistory]

@@Mach5Johnnywell look into that - thanks

[@JohnBarnett-u8j]

Point of interest to All ❤ These were Chinese Babyboomers ❤ thanks for these memories ❤❤❤

[@PJHamann1]

",,,but the United States had imposed a trade embargo." (shows video of the flour donated by the USA to China during their darkest hours of need).

[@bgyonas]

Astonishing collection of historic photos and videos. Priceless. Lesson for humanity. Question is how to prevent these madness happening again in the future?

[@maximumoversos5283]

This is what Jordan Peterson is warning everyone about.

[@jeannedouglas9912]

Isn't Jordan Peterson a Canadian psychologist brought up on charges of ethics violations?

[@shado13x]

Good Documentary

[@stephensangalli]

The Little Red Book was printed with his own peoples blood!🩸

[@donniekellerman5833]

This guy gives Mao way too much credit. Mao's basic little 'war rhymes'....'enemy retreats we pursue ', was 2500 years after Sun Tsu came up with it. While some form of Socialist system is probably necessary in China, due to the massive population, Mao used it to commit genocide on his own people & somehow he remains a hero there.

[@LoganInThailand]

I have a 5 year old. Believe me, the emperor of China didn't "abdicate".

[@MirekWalus]

I grew up in Socialist Poland of 1960's, 70 and 80s... Whenever we had any made in China products back then, the quality was superior to even western products. We had no idea what was the cost of that.

[@希孩子]

Let me tell you a terrible fact. They are still alive and still hold state power. Ye Wenjie is right about The Three-Body Problem. In China, Ye Wenjie has many fans.

[@Bangah674]

Good and evil are just opposite sides of the same coin. All empires past and present are good and evil, it's just a matter of perspective.

[@grzegorzrokita2330]

W Polsce mówimy. GDYBY Komuniści mieszkali na Saharze brakło by piasku! A na Antarktydzie nie było by lodu! 😂

[@AndreiMitrica-i3l]

They’re coming for the globe and have infiltrated the highest American cabinets. Brace yourselves we’re laughing now and we’ll be crying later if we don’t take it upon ourselves to stop the powers that be. Only scary thing is this time around they have AI.

[@khalee95]

We can't really say if it was not necessary. He did in the end united China once more since the fall of Imperial China and got the country into being one of 3 super power today. Necessary evil or the greater of two evils, as some would say.

[@peterreston6478]

Very good survey of the period, particularly from Mao's rise to power. Yes, the CCP has not dealt with the Cultural Revolution despite the fact that the current leader and his family were directly affected.

[@maricel0602]

Where can I find the uncensored version of this?

[@jamesburkhart9100]

The red terror seems similar to recent events. Police letting mobs do what they do? Words becoming weapons? Neighbor turning on neighbor? Anyone else?

[@annechapman-hq4rj]

Agree totally

[@rasheed7934]

Sounds like the history of humanity from the beginning.

[@NigelJackson]

The current CCP tellingly refer to the Woke turmoil, destruction and upheaval as the 'Western Cultural Revolution'.

[@InquisitorXarius]

Those who say such things are laughably ignorant and ungrateful of the Progress of which America is the vanguard of. Comparing protests and riots over abuses of Law Enforcement to dedicated purges of the Academia, Intelligentsia, and Specialized labor that murdered is a mentally invalid equative at best and utter intentional malicious deceit in all likelihood.

[@TomMorrison-cc6xw]

"the Mao Cult" is a LOT like "only I can fix it." History does repeat itself.

[@ProudhonKropotkin]

I get the whole “a dictator must be firm” doctrine most follow, but, what bothers me about Mao is that he personally enjoyed having people tortured in his presence. He would join in a lot of the time. Nah, you can’t let your society be led by someone like that.

[@BenLim-zd1zv]

We have the advantage of retrospect. It is easy to say that "they were foolish " to follow such an idea as communism. However putting ourselves in the political context of the era the early 1900s, with all the suffering and political upheavals of the day, it does seems like a great way to alleviate the circumstance at that time

[@ms-jl6dl]

😂

[@ChrisSmith-lo2kp]

my favorite little red book of chairman mao's political sayings: "any meeting over five minutes is a waste of time"

[@GerhardBothaWFF]

Mao…yes. But the fact is the Chinese people support this style of government. Xi is not that different. The people tolerate this. They seek it.

[@SigrunHT]

The CCP has to send a certain amount of young people overseas for a good education. In China a high education isn't so possible. They're deliberately indoctrinating young people to be submissive and enamoured of the Party. They have no experience of anything else. A good example is both Hong Kong and Taiwan, both places want nothing to do with communism. Communism is a giant cult, you must obey the leader and you don't have free will. We see it, but they aren't allowed to.

[@LEVILUP23]

Some of my older relatives from Hong Kong escaped Red China back in the 60s, the cultural revolution and the famine were horrific and many died while the ones fled when they still had the strength.

[@wilburmanet4379]

No one says democreacy is perfect, but it is the best of all or the least flawed.

[@FabricofTime]

It's great until you're a minority that the majority finds inconvenient (or convenient in ways that are harmful to you).

[@neilburns5934]

Yes I agree but it's getting harder to keep believing it

[@wilburmanet4379]

@@neilburns5934Your response tells me that you’ve never experienced totalitarian regimes in your life. Otherwise it won’t be that hard.

[@kingwing3203]

What we are learning is the McCarthyism of the United States. This is a product of the times. No one can avoid it, because the hostility between countries has always existed during the Cold War era, and the emergence of the atomic bomb has made the fear more thorough.

[@alexanderkidonakis9185]

The lady at 1:38:00 is translating like her life depended on it (probably was) She was either nervous and slipping up words or possibly she just wasn’t a great interpreter

[@onepiece_luffysgirl]

I'm gonna watch this tonight.. Better than a movie

[@jameslonggood9707]

The 4 horsemen Ride through communism.

[@tonipwneroni9846]

The only thing I don't like about these docos is they lack any kind of maps to orient where something is taking place. I like maps.

[@dylanculp3841]

"he was the best listener that I've ever heard" lmao

[@Vaumentili]

He spoke excellent Chinese? That's the first time I heard someone claim that haha Chinese say his Hunanese accent was so thick so many found it difficult to understand him.

[@jamesvoller167]

Mao never learned to speak Mandarin Chinese. But he made it the official language of China

[@rubi588]

What in the world is that pronunciation of apocalyptic? 1:06:06 🤣🤣🤣

[@ChadSimplicio]

An important history to remember, as it helps explain the political stance of Xi and those who will likely follow his lead and Mao's legacy.

[@stevenrobinson2381]

Xi's own father owed his existence to the Chairman.

[@georgeschnakenberg7808]

Are tou really trying to say mao was right wing? If so that term has no meaning

[@billbandoh5818]

Why can’t mao be right wing

[@georgeschnakenberg7808]

@billbandoh5818 right wing (comes from the French revolution as the side of the isle that wanted to keep the monarchy and traditions) are conservative. How is what moa did traditional or conservative? Moa was LITERALLY left wing. Or it has no meaning anymore. Please tell me how he was right wing.

[@brandonmanasco5738]

Man nothing has meaning anymore. People just call what they want when it fits the narrative

[@georgeschnakenberg7808]

@@brandonmanasco5738 so true