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China, the state has prevented the publication of full, accurate, or critical accounts of the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, or the Mao Ze- dong era in general. In Russia, Joseph Stalin has been rehabilitated. He is now officially portrayed as a strong if mildly flawed leader rather

d to prison.5 • Public confessions: Humiliating public con- fessions of ideological crimes were a staple of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin's purges and Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution in China They were also employed by Eastern European sat- ellite regimes during the show trials of the late 1940s. A peculiarly

ch 11.2016, tent/67532c78.624.11e5-a09b-lf8b0d268c39. 20. Ibid. 21. Vanessa Gera. 'Polish Leaders Threaten Fate of Nearly Finished 14'AVII Museum." Washington Times, April 24, 2016, http//www. 22. Jan Rydzak 'Now Poland's Government Is Coming After the Internet.' Foreign Policy, June 10,2016, Mtpliforeignpolicy

In China, the state has prevented the publication of full, accurate, or critical accounts of the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, or the Mao Ze- dong era in general. In Russia, Joseph Stalin has been rehabilitated. He is now officially portrayed as a strong if mildly flawed leader rather than as th

ing outright censorship, brought to bear on Russian historians during Soviet times and more recently during the Putin era. China: Evading the past Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward ranks among the most deadly politically inspired catastrophes in human history. From 1958 to 1962, Communist Party authorities, u

ficials have refused to acknowledge anything approaching the full dimen- sions of the tragedy. Nor have they admitted that the party, and especially Mao, were responsible. Often they blame the weather. There are no official monu- ments to the victims, no days of commemoration, no serious histories ava

w.ft.com/con- tent/67532c/8-e62d-11e5-a09b-1f8b0d268c39. 20. Ibid. 21. Vanessa Gera, “Polish Leaders Threaten Fate of Nearly Finished WWII Museum,” Washington Times, April 24, 2016, http://www. washingtontimes.com/news/2016/apr/24/polish-leaders-threaten-fate-of-nearly-finished-ww/. 22. Jan Rydzak, “Now Poland's

rn August 11, 1961) is a political and cultural commentator who writes for The New York Times. He worked as an editorial writer and film reviewer for the Washington Times; a reporter and later op-ed editor for The Wall Street Journal; a senior editor at The Weekly Standard from its inception; a contributing editor at

MAO YUSHI Chinese economist, 2012 Milton Friedman Liberty Award. (He wrote an online column criticizing the communist and totalitarian policies of Mao Zedong (Chairman Mao) in China, attacked by Maoists in China.) http://www.cato.org /special/friedman/yushi/index.html YAO MING Retired Chinese basketball

onomist, 2012 Milton Friedman Liberty Award. (He wrote an online column criticizing the communist and totalitarian policies of Mao Zedong (Chairman Mao) in China, attacked by Maoists in China.) http://www.cato.org /special/friedman/yushi/index.html YAO MING Retired Chinese basketball player who las