Vejas Liulevicius

Mao himself had a view of human beings as being, as he put it, beautiful blank pieces of paper upon which one can write new characters. And that is clearly at variance with what you and I know about the complex nature of human beings as we actually encounter them in the world. I think that in the process of hatching schemes that were one size fits all for a country as big as

Mao himself had a view of human beings as being, as he put it, beautiful blank pieces of paper upon which one can write new characters. And that is clearly at variance with what you and I know about the complex nature of human beings as we actually encounter them in the world. I think that in the process of hatching schemes that were one size fits all for a country as big as

and as varied in its communities as China, inevitably such an imposition of one model was going to lead to serious malfunctions. And so much of what other episodes in Chinese history had showed, the entrepreneurial capacity, the productive capacity economically of the Chinese people was suppressed by being fitted into these rigid schemes.

and as varied in its communities as China, inevitably such an imposition of one model was going to lead to serious malfunctions. And so much of what other episodes in Chinese history had showed, the entrepreneurial capacity, the productive capacity economically of the Chinese people was suppressed by being fitted into these rigid schemes.

and as varied in its communities as China, inevitably such an imposition of one model was going to lead to serious malfunctions. And so much of what other episodes in Chinese history had showed, the entrepreneurial capacity, the productive capacity economically of the Chinese people was suppressed by being fitted into these rigid schemes.

What we've seen since, after Mao passes from the scene and with the reforms of Deng Xiaoping, one sees just how much of those energies had been forcibly suppressed for so long and now are allowed to reemerge.

What we've seen since, after Mao passes from the scene and with the reforms of Deng Xiaoping, one sees just how much of those energies had been forcibly suppressed for so long and now are allowed to reemerge.

What we've seen since, after Mao passes from the scene and with the reforms of Deng Xiaoping, one sees just how much of those energies had been forcibly suppressed for so long and now are allowed to reemerge.

Yeah, not 69, not 71.

Yeah, not 69, not 71.

Yeah, not 69, not 71.

Its essence is questing, not certainty. Constant questing.

Its essence is questing, not certainty. Constant questing.

Its essence is questing, not certainty. Constant questing.

Well, I think that there is, without denouncing Mao, without repudiating Mao's 70% correctness, the regime actually undertook a new venture. And that venture was to open up economically to gain access to world markets and and to play a global role, always with the proviso that the party retained political supremacy.

Well, I think that there is, without denouncing Mao, without repudiating Mao's 70% correctness, the regime actually undertook a new venture. And that venture was to open up economically to gain access to world markets and and to play a global role, always with the proviso that the party retained political supremacy.

Well, I think that there is, without denouncing Mao, without repudiating Mao's 70% correctness, the regime actually undertook a new venture. And that venture was to open up economically to gain access to world markets and and to play a global role, always with the proviso that the party retained political supremacy.

It's been pointed out that while Khrushchev tries in the Soviet Union in 1956, especially with a secret speech in which he denounces Stalin's crimes, he tries to go back to the founders' intentions of Lenin, Nothing like that it's argued is possible in the Chinese case. Because Mao was not the equivalent of Stalin for communist China. Mao was the equivalent of Lenin. Mao was the founder.

It's been pointed out that while Khrushchev tries in the Soviet Union in 1956, especially with a secret speech in which he denounces Stalin's crimes, he tries to go back to the founders' intentions of Lenin, Nothing like that it's argued is possible in the Chinese case. Because Mao was not the equivalent of Stalin for communist China. Mao was the equivalent of Lenin. Mao was the founder.

It's been pointed out that while Khrushchev tries in the Soviet Union in 1956, especially with a secret speech in which he denounces Stalin's crimes, he tries to go back to the founders' intentions of Lenin, Nothing like that it's argued is possible in the Chinese case. Because Mao was not the equivalent of Stalin for communist China. Mao was the equivalent of Lenin. Mao was the founder.