The Real Story of Chairman Mao | Best Mao Zedong Documentary

[@TheLifeGuide]

Thanks for watching! *If you enjoyed the video, help support the channel by leaving a SUPER THANKS!* Remember to *Like & Subscribe* and click the *Bell Icon* to never miss an upload. *Timestamps* can be found below: *Timestamps* 📽 Intro: 0:00 Mao's Youth 1:20 The Chinese Civil War 4:35 The Long March 7:13 Communist Victory 8:31 Life In Mao’s China 10:51 The Great Leap Forward 14:06 The Cultural Revolution 19:42 Mao’s Final Years 26:55 China After Mao 28:22

[@mknuth99]

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[@sha7303]

I hated history as a kid, but love your videos

[@sagarazack]

Amazing documentary! I felt like I was there.

[@RoydeRee]

It is absolutely baffling to me how youtube does not push this content so much more, it is without a doubt some of the best on this platform. When I'll get a job, I'll give you some of my first salary to make up for youtube lack of recognition :P

[@sodblitz3445]

what is the name of the intro song?? it sounds so familiar it's driving me crazy

I lost so much time entertaining myself with Hollywood fiction, now I’m addicted to real world history thanks to you sir. Thank you

[@Pr0Cre]

same!!

[@matt1997Fr]

Hollywood or not . you're deceived again son. American Liberalism and Chinese Communism are both Wrong. the future belongs to Patriots. nations and countries must get back to their own Cultures, heritages and traditions. must end this Integration in the world that Globalism started.

[@crippledgenius]

Yeah it's life changing keep going

[@theejason4035]

We love how year by year haters have to "declare" Karl Marx dead ... (Socialism, Communism, Soviet, Lenin-Stalin, Maoist...) As long as capitalism is still around ... as long as there is exploitation of the labour class ... Marxist will remain relevant ... Downfall of capitalism ... rich remain richer and poor even poorer ! You see this during every economic crisis, Marx's books see higher sales. "... the end goals of communist is socialist ..." Karl Marx ☭ World of the Workers, Unite ! ☭ Long Live Spiritual of Marxism !

[@zaer81]

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[@yaboikwebin9677]

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[@JTKatz07]

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[@payableondeath9091]

@Jessica one man's trash is another's treasure😇

[@sanzyboy3952]

Oh shit I'm sorry

[@sunboy1558]

The Chinese propaganda here it is

[@StaszekAlcatraz]

Yeah, it's nice fact-wise. Though a free coffee coming along with it would be nice

[@kengardens]

This is one of the best documentaries I’ve seen on history so far. Everything was so clear and comprehensive. Thank you, you’re doing an amazing job.

[@yjcao9833]

You are kidding?

[@NorthKoreanLover89484]

About the opening, Mao did NOT transform China into the world superpower it is known as today, that was from the work of Deng Xiaoping and Zhou Enlai.

[@barryallen1661]

except it full of fause info

[@holiday8473]

尊敬的志士仁人：您好！ 我是一位来自中国最底层的农民和工人。面对极权专治的中国模式挑战全世界的宪政民主制度。全世界的民主国家必须要深入了解并明白一件事实：自从1949年中国共产党执政以来，中国的几亿农民辛苦种田向政府缴纳公粮、缴纳农业税、免费修筑水利工程、为中国共产党建国之初提供了财政上的原始积累，在计划生育的政策下中国农民被迫人工流产、结扎上环、缴纳超生罚款，农民被户口制度限制在农村不能自由人口流动，过着奴隶一样没有人权和福利的生活。1959-1961年三年大饥荒期间保守估计饿死四千万人口，其中绝大部分都是农村人口。1980年中国改革开放以后绝大部分农民进入城市充当红色血汗工厂工人、建筑工人、环境卫生工人，拿着最低的微薄工资干着最累最脏的工作，无法享受城市户口的住房、医疗、养老、教育等福利保障待遇，由于中国的户口制度使得中国农民和工人的子女只能待在户口所在地的农村接受教育，导致中国出现全世界最大规模的农村留守儿童和孤寡老人无人照顾的悲惨状况。如今中国已经是全球第二大经济体，但牺牲付出最大的农民和工人群体得到的是负福利待遇，而中国共产党政府公务员和高官干部却享受着特权高福利待遇。中国政府利用这些“低人权”廉价劳动力的“优势”吸引大量国际金融资本的投资，让中国成为全球最大的红色血汗工厂。中国生产的产品价格低是因为中国农民和工人的超长时间加班也只有微薄的工资，最关键的是中国没有独立于政府之外的工会组织为农民和工人争取公平的福利保障待遇。要想改变中国政府利用这种低人权“优势”在全球贸易市场进行不公平竞争现状，全世界的民主国家有责任督促和施压中国政府要求提高大多数底层中国人的人权和福利保障待遇，美国的贸易制裁和欧盟的反倾销根本解决不了贸易逆差问题。只有大多数的中国底层农民和工人的人权和福利保障待遇提高了才能让全世界民主国家的经济利益和劳工福利保障不受损害（如现在美国左派已经开始提出缩减福利保障的政策）。如果中国农民和工人的人权和福利标准不能逐渐向民主国家劳工看齐，那么民主国家的劳工的人权和福利标准就只能逐渐向中国农民和工人看齐，因此全世界的民主国家有责任要帮助全体中国底层农民和工人的人权发声向中国政府全面施压，而不能视而不见实行绥靖政策，也不能只单独强调新疆、西藏、香港以及异议人士的人权状况，只有提高大多数底层中国人的人权和福利保障才能维护全世界的贸易市场公平竞争。只有通过对中国共产党政府不断提出人权和福利问责、要求成立自由独立的工会农会组织、倒逼财政公开、预算透明，最终使得中国逐步走上宪政民主之路。民主化的中国对于全世界的稳定与和平不可或缺，同时也是全世界都无法逃避的责任，因为我们都是地球公民。希望全世界的有识之士一起努力让民主宪政战胜极权专治、让良币战胜劣币、让文明战胜野蛮，使得这个世界更加美好。加油！ 此致 敬礼 一个不愿做奴隶的人 2023/12/22

[@bestelectronicmusicfromnew5189]

In terms of the history of China, it's important to give context: there was 150 years of anarchy, opium, looting, disease, 150 years of civil war and lawlessness, banditry, brutality... that's where he came from, just like stalin, who was beaten as a small child, the context of these countries explains their current states.

[@ry8246]

And they will do all things necessary to ensure they will not be humiliated again.

[@TheRinolander]

No surprise this comment comes from a civilization which has more than 1000yrs Dark middle age

[@TheRinolander]

@@ry8246 While experiencing 1000 yrs middle age full of religious wars, killings, invading and black death disease there follows slavery of Africans, slaughtering aboriginal people, Privateering license, colonization, opium war for forcing ppl consuming drugs, initiating two WW, brings wars to middle east... WOW, Compared to the western history, Chinese are far more humiliated.

[@sarairuiz2369]

@@TheRinolander no

[@garyoakham9723]

@@TheRinolander a civilization that created that technology you’re using to complain about western technology

[@afkdker2760]

a wise man once said, "people will never truly understand anything unless they have experienced it themselves"

[@pitchforkpeasant6219]

Yet so many think they understand everyone elses life based on their own, which is logically false. So many think they know whats best for everyone else. Saw that mentality start around 2000. And growing. Mostly on the left

[@QingLi-bo6uo]

“没有调查就没有发言权”

[@deb0815]

I am really impressed by your work! This is the first time I'm hearing someone talk about Mao but instead of going like "he was the spawn of satan. the end" this channel really took the time to include a lot of events and gave context for everything.

[@devinm.608]

Seems like so many communist leaders are so well-intentioned but it's like all their plans blow up in their faces. Same shit happened with Stalin too.

[@Gleifel]

Saying mao was the one who caused China’s rise is factually false though.

[@cuanputrump445]

if you read the book written by Mao,you will surprise that he is a godlike person!the western media denigrate him evil but the truth just opposite.

[@cuanputrump445]

Funny thing is that Chinese don’t believe god and evil,they are faithful with materialism!so Chinese don’t care about what western media says,Chinese only believe what they seeing,seeing is believing,and refuse to accept subjective word!

[@davecarron323]

bruh the video and plenty of sources state that he mobilized youth to kill intellectual middle class in the name of class politics, and his planned famine (genocide) killed an estimated 40-80 million people. what is wrong with you

[@mokpra]

You fight against a corrupt power. And you become corrupt yourself when you get that power. It's like the ring from Lord of the rings. The number of absolute dictators in the 20th century was terrifying. The suffering for the innocent people of this era was unimaginable. And there are always a few in every era. Great and very illustrative content.

[@justicejordan1636]

"Power is dangerous, it corrupts the best and attracts the worst" - Ragnar

[@lipincheng]

Nothing new, dragon slayers are just new dragons in the making. But wasn't that what Mao fought against in his endless anti graft, anti waste campaigns? Starting with his own family, no one was allowed to get rich through special privilege.

[@gabewhooser8161]

Dictatorships haven't gone anywhere they just go by different names. For example, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Venezuela, China, Vietnam, N Korea, Canada, etc. Once you have power the only thing that satisfies you is more power

[@lipincheng]

@@gabewhooser8161 What's keeping you from listing the 190 countries on this planet? Humanity is not cancer of the earth?

[@lipincheng]

@@gabewhooser8161 BTW, in the Cuban missile crisis, had it not been for 1 Soviet sub officer, we'd had all been dead.

[@samuelwatson4624]

He told common Chinese people "women can hold up half the sky" in the 1950s. Women rights have been greatly restored and extended at his time.

[@MagSnapShots]

Restoring Women’s rights was not unique to China at that time. Happened all over Europe, Japan, the Asian Tigers, Australia.

[@nekozombie]

@@MagSnapShots Even if it was, why is the commenter stating this? As a form of support of his regime?

[@megaera2988]

You guys have to know, before Mao, woman was considered as literally considered nonhuman/property of the family, Back then Women was literally treated as bad as how indian women treated Today.

[@easonzhang1326]

@@MagSnapShots but china now, is one of the few country which have almost 50-50 women-man working ratio, that means st

[@alexfriedman2047]

You do realize he murdered literally tens of millions of women for no reason and tortured and raped them, right? He literally killed millions upon millions of innocent women... " YeAh He'S a ReAl FeMiNiSt , mAn "

[@frankmerriwell8339]

Coming from an English channel, I guess this is as neutral as it can get. Of course his mistakes are focused more than his achievements due to ideological reasons. I just want to make it clear that officially the Chinese people have decided that he is a great figure whose contribution to this nation can’t be overshadowed by his mistakes in later years. And that’s why his thought is still taught in school and his picture is still on the top of Tiananmen to this day.

[@hongyiwu7980]

very genuine comment. I would like to add that Chinese youth today sees mao as a symbol of rebellion against any existing equalities, especially the ones between labour and capital. The west focuses on mao's mistake while completely ignoring that before mao's rule, the reign of terror and violence were just everyday life under kuomintang's rule. All the seniors in my life who lived through mao's years all commented in favour of mao and his leadership. I think if the west really does value the concept of democracy so much then perhaps consider listen to the people who lived through the era insteading of repeating narratives like "They are all just brainwashed". It's fooling just fooling yourself really.

[@omnius290]

Or maybe, the CCP fueled the propaganda that Mao is a good leader. Watch some docus where local chinese told their story about the horrors of Mao Zedong's reign.

[@prasanth2601]

Apart from uniting china, mao didn't do anything great for his people. He is a great military personnel but definitely a worse political leader.

[@KingArthur91829]

Its simple, all people focus on their mistake then focusing on the good things they made. in this world, you should focus on their good things they made then focusing in mistake thats just a problem of everypeople and why there's always a trouble anywere

[@JSA-Studios]

He killed millions of people he was a bad guy this is like saying hitler did good things for german people so you shouldn't let that overshadow the holocaust.

[@ritikthorat7769]

Half an hour feels like a lot but not when I watch your documentries, its informative and interesting at the same time!! Thank you for educating people!✋

[@mwewamwandwe3056]

I can't begin to explain how excited i get for a new release from this channel. They're honestly too far apart. I love this content so much. Hope we can get a new mythology video soon.❤️ Your work is appreciated guys, keep it up. ❤️

[@TheLifeGuide]

Thanks! 👍

[@condorX2]

Aye. I'm excited as well because I learned so much. I remembered we had to pay for the History Channel to watch this premium contents. Anyway Nice documentary! Mao remind me of Columbus. They both love to silence their critic. The only problem is that we get more Mao on KZbin. I guess he's more popular. Reference The American Indian Holocaust, known as the “500-year war” and the World’s Longest Holocaust In The History Of Mankind Death Toll: 95,000,000 to 114,000,000 American Holocaust: D. Stannard (Oxford Press, 1992) - The list of American genocidal policies includes: Mass-execution, Biological warfare, Forced Removal from homelands, Incarceration, Indoctrination of non-indigenous values, forced surgical sterilization of native women, Prevention of religious practices, just to name a few. By mass execution, before the arrival of Columbus, the land defined as the 48 contiguous states of America numbered more than 12 million. Four centuries later, it had been reduced by 95% (237 thousand). How? When Columbus returned in 1493 he brought a force of 17 ships. He began to implement slavery and mass extermination of the Taino population of the Caribbean. Within three years five million were dead. Fifty years later the Spanish census recorded only 200 living! Las Casas, the primary historian of the Columbian era, writes of numerous accounts of the horrendous acts that the Spanish colonists inflicted upon the indigenous people, which included hanging them en masse, roasting them on spits, hacking their children into pieces to be used as dog food, and the list continues. This did not end with Columbus’ departure, the European colonies and the newly declared United States continued similar conquests. Massacres occurred across the land such as the Wounded Knee Massacre. Not only was the method of massacre used, other methods for “Indian Removal” and “clearing” included the military slaughter of tribal villages, bounties on native scalps, and biological warfare. British agents intentionally gave Tribes blankets that were intentionally contaminated with smallpox. Over 100 thousand died among the Mingo, Delaware, Shawnee, and other Ohio River nations. The U.S. army followed suit and used the same method on the Plains tribal populations with similar success.

[@dancole2994]

Shows the importance of freedom of speech, as you need people to call you out and challenge you to be a good leader.

[@royalchief1772]

​@condorX2 how could America cause a 500 year holocaust if they've only been a country for 250 years? Lol just because the Spanish killed the vast majority of them, America gets the blame?

[@TimothyZakaria]

​@TheLifeGuide I believe he's my father I was born in China but I didn't know this.

[@sidneyvaldez4349]

thank you! there are so much factors you failed to be critical about, but im interested to mao's revolutionary work now more than ever, thanks to you

[@Daniilo11]

Should he push more of an agenda?

[@FUNFUN-gu5fn]

If god asks Iraqi, Afghanistani, or Syrian people a question. "If I send you a leader, who will protect your country from foreign invasion, protect your land, industrialization your country that no other country would dare to invade you, but....." people in those countries would say: "please send that leader, I don't care what cost that comes with"

[@lotrlmao1648]

Isnt Iraqi overthrow their very own leader, as well as Syrian ? Other nations wont have a chance to make a fuse in your nation if your people are as strong as your leader.

[@sharmilalama5357]

@@lotrlmao1648 that was a coup by U.S.

[@toyinbode4368]

They may change their minds if the costs are more deaths than the foreigners caused

[@くーぐる]

revolution cant go peacefully need ton of blood

[@wheresmyeyebrow1608]

@@くーぐる Why did that blood have to flow for more than 3 decades after the revolution was over?

[@user-lw6sp5pk1y]

Great documentary. Strangly, I see so many things in this documentary mirrored in our society today.

[@philipwilliams2310]

.... Good POINT!

[@presleymckinley8984]

Such great quality . Thank you a thousand times over . You’ll never be able to fully grasp how much people appreciate this.

[@okayyeah-bn8lx]

Mao is the best, nobody can compete with his military and political talent, and he was so selfless, he was criticized ever since his death, which he had already anticipated when alive. Nowadays more and more Chinese young people come to realize the significance of culture revolution, the present party also restore his status. When life is tougher and tougher, when class differentiation is more and more serious, people will look back at that history and miss Mao

[@Nature-g1b]

You deserve to live in Mao’s era.😂

[@Goingmerry200]

Actually a lot of maos success has been shadowed by western media by calling him a dictator. I'm not sure whether he was horrible person. But learning about what he had done and made China I don't really think he was. He ain't nothin like stalin nothin like hitler... The world claims he's responsible for 45M deaths. But it wasn't intentional. His economic policy just backfired to a level he could ve never forseen. Although it was all in an attempt to make China great again.. He chased away the colonial and imperial power from his land feeding on the nation's economy. The West is just angry that they couldn't exploit chinas resources.. He made China from a laughing stock of the world to the most intimidating one.. I don't particularly see mao as a communist. Being in that party was just a mean to achieve greatness

[@lab204forest7]

Having Mao Zedong is like a double-edged sword, it cuts both ways. He built a foundation for a united China, with vast sacrifice of human lives. Many Chinese people benefited from his rule, and many suffered or even died from his rule. I used to dislike him due to the culture revolution, as I grew older, I began to see him from different perspectives.

[@shuttfup2610]

Chiang united China. All Mao did was beating Chiang and took his throne

[@pixelbob9671]

The most prolific murderer I love different perspectives

[@LZhang-sj7wu]

He is not perfect, but a necessary man to China and Chinese people. We need an iron man to rebuild and reunify the whole culture. We want to live and we don't want to kneel before foreigners.

[@pixelbob9671]

@@LZhang-sj7wu I agree you guys needed a leader to help rally against foreign powers but he murdered and let so many starve far far far more people died under him then the entirety of the century of humiliation also he steadily destroyed Chinese culture in place of being a copy of the Soviet Union

[@pixelbob9671]

@@LZhang-sj7wu also not to mention he is the reason you have the tyranny of a government to this day maybe at the start of his efforts he cared for his people but he quickly gave way to a power trip that still persists

[@TopLobster11]

Mao: We will kill sparrows, they harm crops Nature: Wait till you find out about…… FOOD CHAIN!!!!

[@loneranger4469]

The rise of modern China would be impossible without the foundation laid by Mao... of a country on the rise with emphasis on education, healthcare science and technology for all and a unity and belief of purpose of a people. The price for the mistakes of some decisions are highly exaggerated. And by the way, China may have paid a price for decisions of its leaders in terms of lives of Chinese. US imperialism, the biggest propaganda machine against China, made the whole world pay in terms of millions of lives for it's imperialist ambitions from Korea, Vietnam, Yugoslavia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Yemen etc etc ....not to mention the brutal death squads in countless regime change coups by the CIA all over the world.

[@chrisp7110]

This is true and it is why he is viewed as the founding father for the Chinese. The west or the USA might say he is "evil" but if someone in the USA did what Mao has done for China then it would be viewed as a Hero instead of a Villian. That is why I don't buy western Propaganda on any level as an American growing up here. Until I see a million proof then it is automatically labeled as Propaganda in my book.

[@bobcat24]

Brainwashed by Mao’s propaganda.

[@loneranger4469]

@@bobcat24 Have you ever thought of the other possibility... Brainwashed by liberal Western propaganda..🙂

[@megaera2988]

👏 bravo

[@user-renlairenwang]

你说的太好了，美国对世界来说，是独裁暴虐的

[@tibebegirmalakew8549]

I can't imagine China without Mao

[@user-jinitaimei]

India Tsarist Russia Qing Dynasty republic of China

[@victsao6226]

@@user-jinitaimei They have one thing in common, the life of the people at the bottom is extremely miserable, if you don't believe me, go to India to see it.

[@kektalks]

Thanks for summarizing alot of it into 25 mins! Would recommend people this channel if they are interested in history or life in general!

[@aarontan5748]

As I Chinese student, I would like to say most of the content are the same as what my grandparents told me. There were also some things I hadn't heard of. Overall the video is still objective. Well done!

[@aarontan5748]

Sometimes this period of history is difficult to truly objectively portray. Because people at the country try to cover it up, and people abroad try to demonize it.

[@KakaOfTheRealMadrid]

Do you hear these stories now or is it different? What are your opinions of censorship?

[@aarontan5748]

@@KakaOfTheRealMadrid People rarely talk about culture revolution in their daily lives. It's in the history and it's fact that most of us recognize it was devastating. It appears in books and lectures. Personally, the impact of the revolution depends on what position you were in. If you're a peasant, it doesn't matter to you. But if you were a teacher or a student it was really bad. My grandfather couldn't go to university because of that. Everyone makes mistakes, generally, most of citizen respect Mao.

[@LucielStarz123]

@@aarontan5748 nobody who's sane 'respect' Mao. it's all pure indoctrination

[@aarontan5748]

@@LucielStarz123 So funny. If you're interested in him, you could read Maurice Meisner's book.

[@junesilvermanb2979]

The simple facts of Mao's career seem incredible: in a vast land of 400 million people, at age 28, with a dozen others, to found a party and in the next fifty years to win power, organize, and remold the people and reshape the land-history records no greater achievement. Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, all the kings of Europe, Napoleon, Bismarck, Lenin-no predecessor can equal Mao Tse-tung's scope of accomplishment, for no other country was ever so ancient and so big as China.

[@VincentVincent_89]

Dude he was a evil man who killed millions bruh I don’t care how he did it. Those guys you mention weren’t there to change their country but to conquer others so yeah

[@fannyalbi9040]

another one can equal mao, qin huang di, another china’s great unifier

[@zachryyinch7132]

@阿孚 it was concluded during the korean War that if the UN forces were to push Chinese Army out of korean peninsula the US Army(only) were to loose 200,000 casualties.Who knows about other countries total KIA. 2.If the US led coalition were to push the Chinese volunteer Army out of Korea; USSR would enter the conflict itself(they wouldn't want US military bases near their border). The US led coalition were scared of USSR involvement in the conflict not China.

[@willengel2458]

there is no doubt the CPC made some errors and missteps in its early years for the simple reasons, 1. communism was a foreign import, 2. you put theory into practice and there was nobody you can consult with. China is blessed with Mao's successor, Deng XP, who righted the ship and marched on.

[@zachryyinch7132]

@@willengel2458 I agree with you and understand your point.President Deng Xiao ping was the saver of China communist.. Where the USSR fails during the reform and opening; China were successful

[@davidkriz4235]

Very well done. This is exactly the kind of content for which I used to watch The History Channel (before it turned into reality show garbage).

[@Deandzzzzzz]

Very in-depth and comprehensive summary of chairman Mao’s life story. It is pretty much the same as what my parents experienced and told me about. To put it objectively, he’s done remarkably great things in terms of improving living standards of the masses, defending China against Japanese invasion and bring China from broken pieces to a united country again. He’s also done heaps of damage to China as a whole. My dad, for instance, had to join “Red Guards” because schools were all closed at the time and everyone at his age was forced to enlist. He missed his precious school time. When the cultural revolution was finally put to an end, he had to study much harder at home on his own so he could pass the “college entrance exam” and received uni education. Otherwise he would face unemployment. How many 10yrs do you have in your lifetime? That was forever lost!

[@davidmoss2576]

Had he grown up in America on the East Coast during the late 1800's he would likely be toiling away in a coal mine. My grandfather worked in one at the age of 9 to 14. He finally ran away when he able to save up a little cash and worked his way West. Look at what the Chinese people have been able to accomplish over the past decades since WW2. None of it would have been possible without Mao. The wild claims of multiple millions of people died is beyond ridiculous since no reasonable evidence has ever been produced. The Western propaganda permeates every corner of the world, but once you dig a little deeper it's really full of crap. Do your own research and demand evidence instead of just listening to people's opinions even if they are family

[@JesterJones]

How was your father treated while he served as a Red Guard?

[@ronghuaxie6788]

@@davidmoss2576 Seeing that you can look at some things in the world so objectively, as a Chinese or as a person living on the earth, no matter which country you come from, you are worth making friends with

[@gwenguan3068]

@@davidmoss2576 In China ,people know Mao made serious mistakes in his later life, but nearly everyone still presents gratitude to him by heart, yes BY HEART, not just being pushed by the government merely, which has suggested the weird things posed by the western media. Well, seldom comment like yours, instead of “sth devil”, really surprising me.

[@davidmoss2576]

@@ronghuaxie6788 The truth shines through my friend.

[@sukalyanhalder4068]

Such a nice and thoroughly studied documentary!! I appreciate and salute you all for this tremendous effort.. Am in love with this channel..

[@lvcnlvcn5534]

China has just entered into the 26th of Dec 2021, the birthday of Chairman Mao. He was the savior of China and her people and laid the first road stone for modern China today.

[@himshake]

Mao Zedong is a dictator who killed millions of people and made china terrible.

[@himshake]

I hope XI Jinping doesn't send a missile to my home

[@RJ-ll6gl]

@@himshake America is a bigger tyrant than anything.Mao Tse Tung was a true revolutionary.Winston Churchill, George bushes were also tyrants but y'all still worship them like they are saints so it is hypocritical to say Mao was a tyrant.Mao made mistakes but his achievements outshined his mistakes that's why he is still worshipped as hero.

[@elloygarcia8155]

​@@RJ-ll6gl Did you know that the meaning of a tyrant is being a CRUEL and OPRESSIVE ruler? Mao basically Indoctrinated most of the youth during his rule to become red guards just to "Purge" chinese citizens in ALL AGES who "oppose" him, even the children and elderly were not spared. Talking about Mao not bring a Tyrant is basically giving a blind eye on his atrocities and only looking at his great achievements

[@xomelxo1435]

@@RJ-ll6gl um …. Yeah…. Ban capitalism and keep voting in these tyrants you could possibly be on to something. Good thing half of my country understands our constitution and the vast majority would die defending her for people who seem to think it’s tyrannical. You can’t speak on tyranny unless you’ve lived through the devastation that occurred in the 20th century throughout the eastern hemisphere. Tell the survivors who escaped to america from Nazi occupied Germany this - I’m sure they’d agree 🙄

[@bryandeng570]

Mao's philosophy essays and ideas are still useful to study . Although he was weak on the economic and strong on the politics , he is still a big historic heroic worship for majority of Chinese now . Some people are just focusing on his mistakes on the great leap forward and culture revolution and forget his big contribution to the divided China into an unified super power. He gave a huge confidence of Chinese to go ahead . The nuclear bomb and ballistic missiles , satellite , rockets were invented when he was in power although China was so poor that time.

[@RJFPme]

Murdering 70-100 million innocent people is not worth progress unless your a psychopath !

[@wist2332]

And the multiple millions killed?

[@omnius290]

Dumbss, credit Deng Xiaoping for China becoming a superpower.

[@nessaj6359]

@@wist2332 All I see is this body count. Look at WW1 and WW2. It is a product of Capitalism. Look at 400-500 years of Colonialism. It is also a Product of Capitalism. So your saying?

[@庄裕翌]

@@wist2332 对的就是对的，错的就是错的。对的部分不会让错误变得正确，反之亦然。毛是一个不完美的伟人

[@vndalmia]

A very professional video presentation with outstanding audio commentary.

[@jonathangasana]

Your history documentaries are the best

[@ln3041]

Tremendous work! wathced many of this channels videos, very well executed and pure joy to watch. Thank you very much for those.

[@misheckdzviti8026]

An all round documentary piece on Chinese Revolution and Development though some ugly pages of the Revolution looks

[@sunhuatom]

Mao has made a lot of mistakes after 1949. Nevertheless, the Chinese was never more united after that. There were countless ethnic groups in the vast land of China, without those radical policies from Mao, China would have been divided in to several nations. History, a lot of the times, is indeed very cruel. Revolutions and reforms are mostly very painful, but necessary. And I'd say this unification is exactly what the Indians needed. Modern Indian and China were almost formed at the same time. And Indian was in much better situation, but due to the huge differences on language, believes, ethnic groups, classes etc inside the nation, its government could never plan and develop the country accordingly.

[@XShollaj]

Great point

[@orisaorisa2143]

Thanks for your comments

[@tobyszustak7543]

I don’t know that radical policies which directly lead to death necessarily justify unity. An interesting perspective though!

[@sunhuatom]

@@tobyszustak7543 some of the policies were indeed very stupid in today's view. However, I don't think anyone could do better in that context. At the time, without those policies, a lot of ppl were still going to die and probably more. I don't think anyone here has any idea that what a ruin China was after WWII. Near 20m out of 270m Chinese died directly in WWII, and way more died due to unsettling politics and starvation before 1949. Unlike Russia, China is always very poor in terms of natural resources and farm lands. All it had is people and a bit of history or wisdom. Overall, Mao and several leaders after him are indeed great men. The Chinese are lucky to have them.

[@jaychow4009]

毛犯的最大的错误就是没有彻底从物理上消灭它们。

[@robertoalvarez1617]

Super thanks, from Honduras.

[@gacinga3416]

I've never seen greater love for one's country,than that of Chairman Mao to China!

[@elosoguapo8137]

Love of power seems most accurate

[@chunkypythagoras1732]

Nothing says love of your country like presiding over the death of millions of your countrymen

[@commentorsilensor3734]

Mao loved his power so much that he had toture all his comrades. To do it, he had to starve 20 million n torture n killed 20 or 30 million more

[@danielcervantes4762]

Mao literally got rid of chinas identity with the 4 olds policy he literally hated it

[@hirowrain2142]

@@chunkypythagoras1732 According to your logic ,Gaius Julius Caesar ,Napoleon,Lincoln etc. are all rubbish!

[@wiql3052]

I'm Chinese,when i learned about the recent history of our country,I often shed tears.it's too high price to this ancient civilization entreing the modern era ,conservative estimate of more than 100 milion people died.

[@pitchforkpeasant6219]

Then why would so many hold Mao in such high regard? Are they forced through social norms? I guess i’ll never understand

[@nnbbq9003]

​@@pitchforkpeasant6219When you and your ancestors experienced thousands of years of feudal and imperial oppression. You can see the charisma of a leader who yells "long live the people" in the face of everyone yelling "long live Chairman Mao" and actually does it. The essence of the Cultural Revolution is not a game of power. As long as Mao stands on the Tian'anmen, power will always be his. He is rebelling, rebelling against the Communist Party as the new ruling class, and the future power is back in the hands of the family, the capitalists. But he is old, he can no longer lead the revolutionary movement, he can only start a revolution, and hope that there will be another "Mao Zedong" to lead the revolutionary group again, generation by generation. Until real people 's democracy and people' s autonomy are realized.

[@烤糊鳗鱼]

⁠@@pitchforkpeasant6219结束了上百年的战争

[@Night-forever-g4s]

​@@pitchforkpeasant6219中国人是从两者里选了一个相对好的，而且毛泽东哪怕犯了错，他的内心永远是热爱人民的，而另一位蒋介石，他不仅不热爱人民，而且犯了更多罪行，而且完全没有忏悔之意

[@chenkaiwang3049]

@@pitchforkpeasant6219 I don’t know if you have watched the Japanese anime One Piece. The Celestial Dragons in the anime do whatever they want. The Celestial Dragons are like China’s feudal dynasty, the emperor’s family, and the official family. No one dares to provoke them. They can enjoy the fruits of the entire country without labor. It would be fine if it was just like this, but those in power and their descendants will often do whatever they want. They can bully you at will, seize your wife and daughter, rob you of your wealth, take away your life, and do whatever they want to you. Any humiliating thing, although it is a bit exaggerated, but they can do it, and nothing can limit them... When a dynasty dies, it is just replaced by another dynasty, but the surname is changed, and the people at the bottom have never lived a better life. dignity,

[@jaytothelu]

i love your vids bro, you're by far my favorite documentary creator, please keep it up, i love the pacing and structure of your vids!

[@TheLifeGuide]

Thanks Jacky 👍

[@lzc561]

I'm Korean American and i will easily admit his flaws easily but he's still undeniably one of the greatest Asians who have ever lived

[@CraigJS91]

Responsible for between 40-80 million deaths, you have a weird definition of "great"

[@wismysticaltree]

​@@CraigJS91 united china, did reforms on healthcare and educatiob

[@georgei2538]

Let me tell you why the Cultural Revolution happened. After winning the war and gaining power throughout the country, the Chinese Communist Party quickly corrupted. The new dignitaries ride on the overwhelming majority of the people. Mao sighed, "Where is the victory of the poor people?" Mao mobilized the people at the bottom to resist the new dignitaries. This is a very important reason for the Cultural Revolution.

[@diyerwoo2899]

You know nothing about cultural revolution. Chinese communist party was never corrupt before the 1970s.

[@georgei2538]

@@diyerwoo2899 毛泽东把“文化大革命”当作是对干部的一次大审查，用群众性的方法来审查干部。他说，“我们有一部分干部不接近人民群众，做官当老爷，对付这些人，我毫无办法。这回好，群众就整他了”。

[@georgei2538]

@@diyerwoo2899 中共进城后不久，官员贪污腐败已相当严重。干部特殊阶层已具雏形，高级干部享受商品特供，还享受着秘书、警卫、司机、勤务、保姆、厨师以及医疗和专车、住房等特殊待遇。 建国初期干部贪腐已相当严重贪污腐败不是改革开放后才有,在建国初期就已相当普遍了。建国伊始，许多制度尚未完善，譬如实行的机关生产、单位小金库（又称“小家当”），供给制及工资制双轨并行等，就滋生了许多问题。各级干部大多都有涉嫌非法谋利、偷税漏税、挪用公款、损公肥私等的问题。 中共进城后不久，领导层就注意到贪污腐败的严重性，东北局书记高岗最早提出要解决这问题。其治下的东北局，在1950年前后调查官员的贪污腐败，并形成报告。报告称：“据沈阳市人民法院贪污案件逐年统计，一九四九年下半年贪污犯占案犯总数百分之五点三，一九五零年上升为百分之五点七，一九五一年第一季度又上升为百分之一三点二。”“整个贸易工作系统的统计，去年一月到八月犯贪污错误的有七百人，而今年只第二季度贪污者即有五百余人。”（《东北局关于反对贪污蜕化官僚主义的报告》，1951年9月14日，见陕西省档案馆藏档，203－205）

[@georgei2538]

@@diyerwoo2899 在东北局的报告出台后，其他片区的报告也相继送往中央。毛泽东审阅了报告，便部署“三反”运动整肃腐败。“三反”运动的部署刚一下达，各地报告陆续出炉。据中央财政部、中央贸易部、中央水利部、中央轻工业部以及人民银行总行等部门的党组报称，贪污人数通常要占到机关总人数的30－40％左右。贪污者一般是新干部多于老干部，下级多于上级，但严重程度是上级严重于下级。西北局报称：“天水专区税务系统初步检查，贪污干部占全体干部百分三十强。陕西二十七个县公安局长中，有七个贪污。泾阳县有七个区长以上干部因贪污撤职。已发现有县级、专区级重要干部贪污的，如渭南分区副司令员马华廷有很多贪污行为。”（《习仲勋关于西北地区反贪污斗争的报告》，1951年12月13日，《建设》第一三六期，1952年1月9日，第1－2页） 这种严重的干部腐败现象，被归罪为“资产阶级三年以来一直对中国共产党‘猖狂进攻’” “三反”运动毫无疑问减少了官员的贪污腐败，但是这种运动式的整治方法弊端十分明显。在当时，中共把自身的腐化归罪于“资产阶级三年以来一直对中国共产党‘猖狂进攻’”，把整肃腐败与打击资产阶级相提并论。毛泽东把“三反”运动看做一场阶级斗争，将运动提高到“你死我活”的高度。他批评部分地区不重视，认为报告贪污情况不甚严重，贪污人数少，款数不多，都是不真实的，“不要被下面的不真实的报告欺骗了”。于是，揪出腐败变成了政治任务，迫使官员为了完成任务而罔顾事实。因此，在“三反”过程中，严刑逼供相当普遍，错案冤案更是难免了。 “三反”运动并未从根子上解决问题，运动过去不到一年左右，中央就不能不提醒相关部门防止“三反”后再普遍发生贪污事件以及要求大力进行“反贪污教育”，此后也发动了多次反贪污运动。 进城的同时，高级干部也开始享受“特供”，干部特权阶层随即形成 中共进城之后，干部的特殊阶层也日渐形成。高级干部享受着紧缺和优质商品的特殊供应(特供)，并且多数因工作关系还享受着秘书、警卫、司机、勤务、保姆、厨师以及医疗和专车、住房等特殊待遇。这方面也照搬了苏联经验，严格按照等级来划分特殊待遇标准。比如几级可配厨师，几级可配勤务，几级可配警卫，几级可配秘书，几级可配专车，包括不同级别干部享受何种档次和牌子的专车等都有具体规定。以住房为例，上海市1956年就按照行政级别将各级干部住房划分成了十几种待遇标准： 特甲级可享受200公尺以上的“大花园精致住宅”；特乙级可享受190-195公尺的“大花园精美住宅”；1级可享受180-185 公尺的“大花园精美住宅”；2级可享受170-175公尺的“独立新式住宅精美公寓”；3级可享受160-165公尺的“上等住宅公寓”；4级则只能分得“半独立式普通住宅中等公寓”；5级只能分得“120-135公尺的新式里弄住宅”；6级只能分得100-115公尺的“有卫生设备的普通里弄住宅”；7级只能分得80-95公尺的“无卫生设备的石库门房屋”；8级只能分得“老式立柱房屋”；9级以下只能分得“板房简屋”„„[详细] 六七十年代，官员腐败关乎民众生死 在计划经济年代里，生活必需品都由掌握权力的人分配，人们为了满足生活不得不动用各种各系“走后门”；在“三年困难”里，基层干部强征粮食，掠夺民众财产，官员的贪腐已经关乎民众生死。 三年困难时期，许多干部强征粮食，并借机侵占民众财产 “三反”运动结束后，我国于1956年完成社会主义改造，建立了计划经济。在计划经济下，市场被消灭，没有类似“天上人间”的服务性行业，也没有各种奢侈品可供消费，物品基本上按等级分配的。当时社会贫富差距相对较小，大部分官员们极难有机会贪污腐败，因为他们根本没有东西可贪。可是，即便如此，官员贪腐虽然数额不大，却关乎民众生死。 1959年至1962年，即“三年饥荒”期间，神州大地饿殍遍地。除了被饿死外，一个不能忽略的事实就是，当年基层干部强征粮食时，“借机搜查和没收群众的东西”，间接把农民迫害致死。1958年12月中共中央监委办公厅的一个报告中列举了少数干部的强迫命令和违法乱纪情况：一是侵犯人权，残害人身，如骂人、打人、押人、捆人、跪石子、拔头发及施用各种肉刑；二是搜查和没收群众的东西；三是滥用“集训”，即把有问题的人集中起来监督劳动，甚至严刑拷打；四是用“辩论”的方法斗争干部群众，甚至侮辱拷打；五是不让吃饭；六是强迫群众拆屋沤肥；七是强迫群众掘坟挖尸，扩大耕地面积。（魏明铎：《中国共产党纪律检查工作全书》，河北人民出版社，1992年，第985页） 在全国各地，残酷的案例，多如牛毛。 譬如，“达县专区邻水县九龙区，在半年多时间内，共有329名干部和204名社员违法乱纪，遭到非法捆绑的群众达206名，其中13人被打死，12人被逼死，还有7人致残。950户人家被搜家、罚款，罚款金额高达15000余元，最多的一人罚了400多元--这在当时可不是小数字。”（《跃进悲歌》，韩福东，《经济观察报》，2012年04月09日第50版） 又如，“江苏省宝应县的5个生产队调查，在95名大队干部中，有贪污行为的30人，吊打过社员的23人，被打农民170人，共逼死23人。（周彪：“宝应事件研究”，《广西师范大学学报》，2004年第2期。） 湖南省花垣县的一个公社干部，用所谓的“火烧中游”的酷刑，用柴火熏烤农民，将人活活烧死。”（《湘西土家族苗族自治州大事记》，贵州民族出版社，第132页） 基层干部多吃多占粮食，许多农民则被饿死 除了干部借机侵占百姓财产外，在大跃进期间，基层干部凭借特权在公共食堂分配口粮时，多吃多占。 学者刘愿分析大饥荒，指出：在饥荒年，干部和家属多吃多占、贪污腐化加剧了粮食分配不均，没有权势的普通农民被饿死： “既然人民公社体制下农民的经济权利是无差异的，为何农村干部及其家属、政治成分好的阶层更容易在饥荒中幸存？显然，政治权利的差异是不同群体死亡率差异的重要原因。公共食堂将口粮强制性集体化，农村干部享有支配农民口粮的特权。在口粮不足的情况下，干部及其家属的多吃多占、贪污腐化导致粮食分配不均，普通农民极可能因口粮严重不足而饿死；政治成分差的地主富农在粮食分配序列中又处于劣势，往往因为微不足道的错误而被扣饭、体罚甚至殴打致死。”（《中国“大跃进”饥荒成因再辩--政治治权利的视角》，刘愿，《经济学季刊》，2010年4月） 三年困难时期 ，“走后门”、“高级干部特供”之风相当盛行 饥荒之年，农民“勒紧裤带”求生存，另一方面，国家高级干部却是另一番景象。为了应对饥荒，中央特别批示对高级干部和高级知识进行“特需供应”： “原国务院副秘书长齐燕铭拟定了一份报告，对在京高级干部和高级知识分子‘在副食品供应方面给予照顾’。三个月后，中央批示通过此报告，决定对前述两类人群的‘特需供应’以‘特殊供应办法’予以照顾。即根据不同职位，每户每月可享受定量供应的肉、蛋、白糖和烟，正是资中筠在回忆文章中提到的‘按级别分配的特权’。当时戏称这些特权享有者为‘肉蛋干部’。”（《变味的机关饭》，郑文，南都周刊，2011年第19期） 除此之外，当年“走后门”之风十分盛行。由于当时实行计划经济，物品的供应主要掌握在部分人手中，人们为了满足基本的生活所需，不得不通过各种关系，从掌握物品供应的人手中取得生活物品 在三年困难期间，物资供应更加紧张，“走后门”就更普遍了。学者钟健英发现“走后门”已是普遍现象。“在151个企业单位6572个职工中，‘走后门’的有4926人，占职工总数的72．87％。”“从地区看，农村‘走后门’的比重大于城市。如北京市和武汉市25个单位统计的，‘走后门’的平均占71．26％”；四川南充、陕西三原、湖北广济三个县26个单位的统计，平均占83．29％” （《二十世纪六十年代的反商品“走后门\"运动》，钟健英，《中共党史研究》 2009年07期 ） “走后门”在当时确实是非法行为，但不可否认一点，它解决了当时普通百姓生活的燃眉之急。在饥荒之年，基层干部的“特殊照顾”，可以救活一个垂死之人。 1961年，鉴于“干部特供”和“走后门”的普遍性，中央发出《关于整顿对负责干部的特需供应，禁止商品供应“走后门”的指示》，反对干部特殊化，整顿“走后门”。自11月起，党外人士仍按原定额供应，但对党员干部实行减半供应。

[@diyerwoo2899]

@@georgei2538 你要指望一个中央委员和一个工人享受同样的生活标准你的愿望将永远实现不了.这个世界永远是金字塔结构. 只要差别不是太大这个结构是最牢固的. 如果大家都一样, 社会就没有动力因而会停滞不前.文革的根本原因是党内权力斗争. 刘少奇要夺毛的权.虽然毛胜了但局面失控了.

[@jonathanr.3712]

Thank you for this documentary about Mao and China. It is considered one of the most interesting videos that I have seen. I enjoy watching this.

[@MutualAidWorks]

“ China must utilise all elements of urban and rural capitalism that are beneficial not harmful to the national economy. Our present policy is to control, not to eliminate, capitalism.” - Mao Tse Tung

[@ruihuang1041]

Selfishness is for a moment, while public spirit lasts for eternity. Many people use his Cultural Revolution to slander him, but revolution is not a banquet, don't just see that the big landlords, big capitalists, and the bourgeois intellectuals who depend on them were sentenced, as if they were persecuted, but don't see the slow-paced but persistent oppression they inflicted on the common people when they exploited them.

[@92Rafay]

Mao singlehandedly shaped the history of the 21st (yes 21st) century by awakening a sleeping dragon seeking vengeance for a century of humiliation.

[@capricorn839]

How about the 20 millions citizen who perished during his failed revolution

[@92Rafay]

@@capricorn839 They gave their lives for a glorious cause so that through their sacrifice others may live better.

[@傅傅-z2r]

Not 'singlehandedly'. Without Deng Xiaoping's reform and opening policy, China would be far to where it is today.

[@天滚滚]

@@capricorn839 fake news

[@faizalmohammed9874]

@@92Rafay Red Salute Comrade!

[@defearl]

So when he was starting his career, he fought against the governing entity in power purging his peers/followers, and yet when became a ruler, he purged those who challenged his views. He literally became what he hated. "You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain"

[@dialectixemcee2428]

its cuz the history is revisionist and the working class lost power in the class struggle, only the workers can bring a new society but classes are never addressed in these bourgeois revisionist "documentaries" where life is black and white and complexity is "evil", where one person "takes power" as if by magic

[@lotrlmao1648]

He was considered as a hero to remove the corruped Former China Government. But there is a curse in the seat of governing China as all men eventually become corrupted, just like Mao Ze Dong. He become a conflicted character in China currently, he is a hero but also making a lot of mistakes.

[@boostnicho6891]

@@lotrlmao1648 omg…not gonna lie that’s best, objective comment I’ve ever seen on Chairman Mao. 1000% agree.

[@sydneycalton5693]

@@lotrlmao1648 if he was corrupted，he didn't need to begin the cultural revolution at all.that's so not that easy

[@lotrlmao1648]

@@sydneycalton5693 Actually regarding of culture revolution, I still do not know why he make it happen. A lot of explanation isnt convincing enough and for me it is still quite a mystery.

[@seowpj1401]

With China invaded by 8 countries and 100.years of humiliation, Mao managed to fight these invaders and chase them out by force. Mao will be remembered by all Chinese to be the leader who make them.stand up again. Mao deserved my respect as one of the greatest Chinese leaders who united China and chase all the invaders out of China.

[@--------GEO_SPORT_EARTH_EA]

Poor and shamefull US narrator

[@sootuckchoong7077]

If there's no Mao, there would be no China we see today. They would have been invaded and controlled by greedy European countries.

[@KrshnVisualizer]

I also thought that the big flaw was needed (many people dying and being beaten up cruelly, etc) to show the flaws of Communism. If none of the killings and cruelty happened and everything was perfect under Mao's rule, communism would be abused by many countries or even worse than that of North Korean government. Communism is not really perfect in this world we live in. Deng's adoption of capitalism encouraged and improved the country's growth in all aspects at the same time, having the nationalism Mao brought to all the people even to this day. Nationalism = growth

[@heidiw3615]

The CCP didn’t do all those. The Qing government and KMT did. The CCP just swooped in and took all the credits, classic… Sun Yat Sen, the founder of KMT was a far greater man that Mao will ever be.

[@PatrickFan123]

@@heidiw3615Sun died in 1925, So no more time for him to realize his dreams. Sun is more of a spiritual symbol rather than a mighty leader. I admire him but in that era, China needed a stronger leader who were able to drag China out of mud.

[@bleedingkansai9961]

One commonality I've noticed about men like Mao, along with Hitler, Stalin, Charles Manson, El Chapo, and gang members is that they grew up with sour or abusive relationships with their fathers.

[@negritoojosclaros]

Like many of that century kids. That don't establish nothing relevant

[@ellingtonhausfogel3478]

maybe what you're noticing is more to do with how people reduce complex historical figures and their contexts to superficial psychoanalytic interpretations.

[@TheTeganOsmondChannel]

and malignant narcissism

[@TheDoctor1225]

@@ellingtonhausfogel3478 VERY well said. In many of those cases it's almost as if to say "Oh...well, Stalin and Mao both had bad relationships/abusive relationships with their dads. That explains a lot..." while conveniently ignoring the untold numbers who also had those relationships but didn't turn out to be genocidal maniacs. I have zero sympathy for Mao or what he did, but I believe this documentary presents a very good picture of the man and can give some insight into him in the time allowed.

[@xomelxo1435]

Not quite sure how Manson or el chapo meet this correlation. But that said, almost every deviant, drug addict, criminal or murderer all grew up in the same situation. It’s incredible how important a father presence is in a child’s life.

[@zimeng5800]

Thanks for sharing your amazing work, and I'm very impressed by your ending sentence!

[@BBCisSb250]

I don't think it was Mao's policies that led to the famine in China in the 1960s, there were certain meteorological catastrophes in nature that led to the disaster you can't put him on the policy failures of a particular leader.

[@vangroover1903]

He didn't help much, if any, but it wasn't deliberate like Churchill's imposed famines or the US' starving of the Real Americans.

[@Initial_Gain]

Very well narrated, thank you. I knew nothing about China's history. Hearing about this horrific period in this 25 min video seemed to last 25 years. Never knew there were such cruel men. Oh, what a world.

[@fansyoyu7211]

Don't take the information from this video seriously, and don't use this video as an argument for Chinese history. This video contains a lot of bias and unproven source

[@此生多彷徨]

作为一个中国人我并不认可你的观点。中国有一大批年轻人开始正确的能正确理解毛主席，崇拜毛主席。毛主席不光是中国的伟人，还是世界的伟人，他帮助第三世界的国家，在帝国主义的侵略的时候，勇敢的反抗。

[@thabangmaimela4034]

Revolution is the mother of all poverty. In order for a true change there should be some difficulties

[@Andy0770]

Mao, a great icon although he had many imperfect achievement records. But his foundation and legacy left what China is today, quite impressive.

[@heidiw3615]

Think again… first of all, Sun Yat Sen is the one who overthrew the corrupt Qing government. Second, Deng Xiaoping was able to implicate economic reform after Mao’s death, which shaped what China is today.

[@Andy0770]

@@heidiw3615 Without Mao, there will be no eventual circumstances natural process allowing Deng rise on power.

[@heidiw3615]

@@Andy0770 If you put it that way, without Mao and the KMT rose to power instead of the CCP, China might have started economic reform a lot sooner and people could have a better life a lot earlier

[@Andy0770]

@@heidiw3615 KMT practiced crony capitalism backed by landlords and bankers impoverishing peasant, that is why CPC able to win hearts and minds to ordinary people. That 's why KMT was losing support from people retreated to Taiwan Island. If KMT were in power today, there be just like another Yugoslavia being torn apart.

[@桔梗-j2i]

@@heidiw3615 In fact, there is a thing called the Republic of China. Since 1912, the Kuomintang has been in power in China, but they didn't do what you said.

[@TheExtraterrestrial99]

Everytime there is talk about this topics, US led economy embargo against China(1950-1972) seem to be left out.. 🙄🙄

[@フフーガ]

Yes cause the US is obligated to trade with countries and because they’re the sole economy in the world

[@FATTONY22]

Not only that, from the late 1950s to the early 1970s, most countries in the Soviet bloc also imposed embargoes on China

[@outsidewell6932]

Wow

[@turdferguson353]

That saddest thing to me is the destruction of the old traditions....just so much of their culture lost

[@kevlive6434]

Yeah, the saddest part for me was all those people dying

[@user-dercbsb]

Mao did wrong there but you have to understand that many if not half of the so-called old traditions is not only backwards, but inhuman Just take foot binding for example, I have no idea how my ancestors came up with that TRADITION In many rural parts even human sacrifices still exist For those traditions i'm not sad to say goodbye, though it is such shame of the other traditions that were destroyed

[@rongwu-sj9ws]

I am an ordinary Chinese. when I was 8 years old, I just heard from my parents that he was a great man. At 18, I whispered to my classmates that perhaps he had made many terrible mistakes? When I was 28, I hated him and thought that China would be rich and powerful if not for him. At 38, I thought that he had also made many great contributions ...... After 50, I finally understood that he was the greatest Chinese. As long as we as a nation don't die, generations of Chinese people will always worship him. In order to save this dying nation, he did take some violent actions, and I can fully understand him now. As for, nowadays, the young people of China, they have been born, life is good, so almost everyone worships him, admires him, regard him as a hero and idol ...... ah, this is human nature, this is the national nature.

[@LoLXDOPFAKIND]

damn. That explains it all

[@cnmusa789]

他没做错任何事，真的，你好好去了解一下

[@kissdeng4611]

他没有做错什么事。饥荒，内斗很多都是右派政变后嫁祸给他的

[@AlenLi-fx3wv]

You are already over 50, but you only have this kind of knowledge. You have lived your life in vain.

[@cnmusa789]

@@AlenLi-fx3wv 不是我白活了而是你白活了，不，因为你压根不了解。所有反毛的视频我都看过，但我依然甚至更加相信毛泽东，而你才需要去了解真正的历史，孩子

[@yuveld]

I am a chinese. Actually, Chairman Mao was against the cult of personality, he even expected others to call him "teacher". However, the people were so passionate because they gained their own land which they hadn't had for generations that Mao couldn't show up in public, otherwise there would be a flock of people gathering around him for shaking hand. It was the same to other main members of CPC. And that partly led to the subsequent decision failure.

[@CoolGuy-tf9lu]

this gotta be one of the best documentaries ive ever watched

[@Drew-nd7vb]

What a phenomenal break down.

[@TheKandiqurl]

Wow thank you for this ! Well put together and I learned a lot

[@Talltrees84]

Mao, a true mixed blessing for China. Regardless he made his mark on Chinese and world history.

[@steppikutty]

This was brilliant. Thank you!

[@roy12956]

Please keep making content based on such topics. Really helpful for students like me. I appreciate your efforts and hardwork that aims at providing a better insight to us viewers ❤

[@laolong1991]

关于49年到现在的各种乱象的总结，温铁军的十次危机的解释比较客观和完整，在这里可以搜索“十次危机”就有，每个人的理解都不同，但不希望是简单的权利之争。一说复杂的原因没几个人看，一说大权独揽所有的读者都异常兴奋，像尝到了春药

[@爱兰课多]

直白简单，无需思考，现成结论，曾经UC震惊部也是这么收割网民的。

[@wildhorses7797]

是的，非常的复杂。

[@tongwu4667]

卑鄙文人吸引人眼球的伎俩！但毛主席离我们越远，我们越能理解他的不容易但坚持理想的伟大人格和为了中华民族不懈奋斗🙏🙏🙏 没有毛主席解放前28年的领导，中国如何在国际帝国主义的侵略剥削中，从国内资本利益集团的剥削压迫中解放，站起来？没有毛主席建国后28年的领导，中国如何从一个农业社会干出来一个能制造原子弹，氢弹，人造卫星，军用飞机，坦克，及其轻重工业，成为一个工业化的国家？没有一个10亿人口的工业国家，邓小平拿什么改革开放？ 饮水思源，我们都要感谢中国出了个毛泽东！

[@NathanielRomero-ec7eq]

Actually Mas Zedong was one of the best in the china because his literacy and his sacrifices from china's country was memorable and particular his regime was memorable during his time in china

[@warrioroflight6872]

Lots of mass murderers are memorable in the places they made corpse piles. That doesn't make them good.

[@barryallen1661]

the west will never be able to see it

[@bullitmore]

​@@warrioroflight6872 name a major world power that didn't do that?

[@adawong8471]

@@warrioroflight6872 You're a liar. west propagandize is fake. They call people bullies when they can't beat them.

[@pitchforkpeasant6219]

@@barryallen1661because people in the west focus on the pile of millions of dead bodies that people use to justify for change for the better? Yeah. The end justifies the means. Not.

[@NDAGR-]

For a min I thought this was gonna be a fluff piece but you did a great job sir 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@John_Corrigan]

These wee programs are brilliant thnak you

[@Ifraneljadida]

Dude this channel makes some killer content jeez

[@henrychen8618]

The Chinese youth by 1966 a largely born after 1949. They did not witness the arduous revolution, anti-Japanese war or the civil war, but experienced the great famine which indeed harm Mao's authority in some sense. They still decide to follow Mao in the Cultural Revolution. I feel like propaganda alone cannot explain this.

[@bobcat24]

They were brainwashed.

[@笑看蛙蛙破防]

bobcat24 你也被洗脑了，只是你没发现。最近有好多博主发布了一些来中国旅游的视频，你可以搜索一下，和你在媒体上看到的是否相同。只要你使用和接触媒体，你就在被洗脑，这是一个事实。

[@jianxiong69]

I grew up during the Cultural Revolution. This documentary brings back many memories for me, such as having to stand in a line with my brothers and sisters and my parents every morning and evening making confessions in front of Chairman Mao's portrait on the wall in front...

[@cooper1819]

That's how the Chinese worship their heroes, deities for thousands of years. Many still doing so outside China as they follow this practice of ancestor worship.

[@changliu7338]

没有他，你的父母每天会跪在日本天皇画像前忏悔

[@cooper1819]

@@changliu7338 The Chinese KMT & others were already resisting the Japanese during WWII. Reason why Japs could not fully conquer China was their fights at South East Asia & South Pacific battles especially with the allies (Americans, Australian and British).

[@35Canadian]

Chairman Mao is great man truly. His whole life to fight for all poor people, all poor contries and whole poor world.

[@mansiondave23]

It started that way. But human nature is a hard thing to fight off and his actions spoke to what mattered most when he gained power. It wasn’t the poor people he cared about in the end. He used emotional manipulation to convince them he was their savior and after using their collective strength to attain power he struck down the very people he claimed to want to help. “Actions speak louder than words” is important to remember. I see a lot of fake empathy and compassion being used as political capital nowadays and people are falling for it. It’s scary to think that the USA could be heading towards a Mao style state in the future but the signs are showing it to be a possibility.

[@yuyingxie319]

哟，中国小粉红也冒充外国人进行精神洗脑了？

[@thesecond4767]

​@@mansiondave23 dont let people like trump turn usa into china like mao

[@LingLord605]

In memory of Chairman Mao, your leadership and influence are powerful and far-reaching.

[@19382q]

No they’re not most people don’t know him

[@yashzhang281]

As a Chinese, this film is very real and notarized, thanks

[@boyiyelcham2630]

Great video,delicate and interesting,basically objective,thanks for your work 👍🏻❤️🇨🇳

[@Priinsu]

I'm really enjoying these videos on West Taiwanese History. It's really interesting.

[@mohammadnaz1828]

A friend in need is a friend indeed. China is a friend in the deed of Pakistan. China always helps Pakistan. I live in London, England.

[@xFlared]

Tribalism is not the answer. Evil is evil no matter how friendly they may be to you.

[@Sentient_Goose]

I had no idea, this is absolutely devastating 😔 Never once did any history class I've ever taken mention anything about Mao. I'm so disturbed...

[@DK-bb1wd]

Then you were not paying attention

[@Sentient_Goose]

@@DK-bb1wd no, it was conspicuously absent from my education. That's the point.

[@杨之刃]

西方资本家政客不想让他们的人民觉醒

[@annawaii4654]

Great Video! I am Chinese myself(I am now a Canadian) and the video is very accurate unfortunately. A few years back my mom and my grandma had been talking about how when my grandma was in her 20s and 30s they had dealt with the communes. As well as later, they took anything made out of steel from our household to make steel. I even heard a story of how people would eat tree bark during the famine because there was nothing to eat. It is such an atrocity and it really makes me appreciate the place that I live in now.

[@MarvinBillig]

Thank you for this great documentary

[@gunnarsmith2273]

Awesome video, can you leave a list of your sources in the comments or something if possible?

[@TopLobster11]

Check description

[@Henry-teach-Chinese-in-jokes]

In case somebody wants to learn Chinese. I teach Chinese in humorous way and with cute pictures. Chinese characters still retain their pictographic origins. Knowing what the characters look like originally can help remember them. I’ve spent about 100,000 hours studying English humor and Western culture, and many years studying Chinese culture and jokes. My native language is Chinese.

[@arthas640]

2:30 kind of hilarious Mao objected to being forced to leave his education and work on a farm since he pulled entire generations of children away from school to work in state farms since farms made Mao money but schools cost him money

[@pgdog888]

U miss the point. During that time. More educated folks was sent to country side to help the less educated folks. My older brother and sister was one of them got sent down from city to country side. Brother is a truck mechanic and sister became the famous bare foot doctor.

[@cpxh7703]

The campaign "上山下乡"(sent younger students to remote mountainous regions and to farming villages was because the Soviet suddenly withdrew all aids to China and cancelled all projects cooperation with China. Having so many excessive man power, the unemployed people have to find something to work on. That was the way the government solved the unemployment at the time.

[@bluegregory6239]

A real influence on Pol Pot!

[@arthas640]

@@bluegregory6239 I find it endlessly hilarious how many people nowadays in the west will try and defend communism or even Mao and Stalin themselves. They usually downplay people like Pol Pot saying they werent really communists and Mao had little influence or control over him. They often use rhetoric the Bolsheviks used, like talking about how scientifically minded communists where and how they sought to dispel old superstitions and institute a logic driven, scientifically minded government. They sort of glaze over the fact the first thing nearly every communist government does when they rise to power is purge or drive out most or all of the educated people in the country since they're more likely to oppose the new regime whereas uneducated peasants are easier to brainwash and control. Pol Pot and Mao both erased most of the progress their countries had made in education, Mao became dependent on Soviet engineers and scientists as well as stolen and imported tech to keep his country from lapsing back into the middle ages and Pol Pot sent his country back centuries, even going as far as killing people for knowing how to read or for wearing glasses.

[@笑看蛙蛙破防]

无知

[@youroop]

Whenever I watch a documentary about any country's turmoil, conflict, or suffering, it's almost impossible not to see a Dam British flag show up somewhere.

[@syediftikharali8771]

YOU'RE DOING AMAZING, KEEP IT UP!

[@Natogoon]

Now THIS is what I call based

[@jxkd4255]

Fr? The death of millions?

[@likang3842]

@@jxkd4255 you have really narrow mind,please mind you business.as chinese we know him more than you .theres no perfect person in the world

[@ellashy6539]

whether you like him or not some people live for ages in the memories of human civilization he is one of them

[@louiezeng6998]

I grew up in China during 70s and 80s. This is a very good summary of Mao’s China. I wish people understood today’s China is a very different country even the party still controls the government.

[@richblack6393]

What's your problem ?You have some biases about CCP?

[@willengel2458]

China and India started at about the same timeframe. do yourself a favor and compare the two countries. there is no doubt errors and missteps were made, but then, 1. communism was a foreign import, 2. they had to put theory into practice. China is blessed with Deng XP. you probably wish you were born in India.

[@chrishankerseelan1551]

Well documented 👏👍⭐

[@HenryHoang-x]

Mao is the prime example of "you either die a hero or live long enough to become a villain".

[@李哥哥-h1y]

mao is a hero ，forever

[@capricorn839]

He is actually a mass murderer of 20 millions people

[@坦克李]

好多都是资产阶级的污蔑，包括文化大革命里的冤假错案。

[@danieldaniekl6222]

@@李哥哥-h1y what happened in tiananmen square?

[@meiyang7595]

@@danieldaniekl6222he has died that time

[@SamSpadeLives]

Simply put, this is pure gold… many thanks

[@dr.woozie7500]

I feel like you neglected to discuss a MAJOR part of Mao’s leadership and geopolitical role: the Korean and Vietnam wars. China was on the opposing end of Western forces twice and he managed to maintain communism and his sphere of influence in the region. Heck, China was the reason that the US never invaded communist North Vietnam.

[@alexfriedman2047]

You're right... It's Mao and the comunists fault that Korea is not unified!! The CCP is worse than imperial Japan!! The Korean war should of been a total victory.

[@bluegregory6239]

General MacArthur was right vis-a-vis the Korean War.

[@adamiotime]

He did discuss Korea.

[@upeast_ru502]

Nothing makes me more thankful of being born in a mostly capitalist society (USA) than watching these videos.. I'm addicted to this channel, I've watched almost all of your videos, you are so clear on what you say but my favorite is the video footages throughout the videos.. Amazing it's like a blast from the past... PERFECT 10/10

[@Yogi-Megan]

A superb documentary indeed.

[@Luc9Nine]

Thanks man, i love your videos

[@nmew6926]

Nothing said about US led embargo 1950-1972 which was the major factor causing famine

[@pansaltman]

😂

[@bluegregory6239]

I think he did a pretty good job of killing his own population. You shouldn't attempt to pin the blame on the US for massive famine in a country which possesses vast land and agricultural resources.

[@笑看蛙蛙破防]

​@@bluegregory6239那几百万阿富汗，伊拉克平民的死亡应该谁负责

[@rthelionheart]

The deepest pit of hell is what he's been calling home since the instant he croaked.

[@booaks2980]

I recognize Sun Yat Sen as the real founding father of modern China since he was the one who suggested to end the 2000 years imperial governing system.

[@oscardelafuente8649]

Yeah , a shame it all went the way it did after Yuan Shikai took power

[@chaoyue4859]

Well. Sun has the idea but doesn't have the ability to realize it...He had to give the power to Yuan anyway...

[@wric01]

Ideally people of Chinese decent wish it but ideology is far from reality. As Sun Yat Sen's successor Jiang kai shek was a ruthless dictator and corruption destroyed all that Sun Yat Sen built. Thus reality is greed and power corrupts any great ideology foundation built.

[@Xind0898]

He had good ideas, but he was not the leader that is destined to be, he lacked certain qualities that are needed to be successful in such a chaotic time.

[@huili3088]

" Modern "china. Because Sun Yat Sen never united china, rather left it into a warlord state again.

[@0s0sXD]

Thank you for this fantastic video

[@PROPHETIC120]

Great Documentary ... informative!

[@qianjin6199]

No one is perfect , if without Chairman Mao , China couldn't become so powerful like today ,we admit his faults , but we should remember that is he made China became aunion country .

[@EpsteinsRope]

Mao is directly responsible for over 100 million deaths. Take your CCP propaganda somewhere else.

[@andyli8252]

When the Communist party came into the power in 1949, China's population was 540 million. When Mao died in 1976, China's population was 930 million. Can you tell me why there were such significant population growth during his rule?

[@limkwerly8508]

@@andyli8252 Where to obtain this growth data? Please share link tq ~

[@andyli8252]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_China "Under Mao Zedong, China nearly doubled in population from 540 million in 1949 to 969 million in 1979."

[@Bill-ww9df]

@@EpsteinsRope Most of chinese don't believe your BS numbers. No matter whatever you yell, China stands firmly today. Chinese people enjoy way better lives today than before thanks to the Chairman Mao's foundations.

[@mrm8990]

作为一名中国人，看到一个英文频道相对公正的评论我们的开国领袖，感到非常惊讶，感谢您的视频。

[@hmongwisdom3298]

A brilliant educational documentary video presentation.

[@narendrasibal6938]

What an amazing video. Underrated channel

[@ols4703]

Explained the whole course to me better than my teacher in 30 mins