# Chairman Mao is no longer revered in China?

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**Created:** [December 28, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chairman-mao-is-no-longer-revered-in-china/826837 "2018-12-28T16:55:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chairman-mao-is-no-longer-revered-in-china/826837/1 "2018-12-28T16:55:40Z")

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I can remember when Chairman Mao was the face of China. He was more closely associated with China then Lenin & Stalin in Russia.  
Now Mao is no longer China’s George Washington?

That’s very interesting.

China’s secret police are still making people vanish off the street. Some things never change in China or Russia.

> **[Marxist student snatched on way to Mao celebration](https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/12/26/asia/china-marxist-mao-peking-university-intl/index.html)**
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> A high-profile Marxist student activist was bundled into a car by suspected plainclothes policemen on Wednesday on his way to celebrations for the birthday of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong.

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> Qiu was on his way to attend a memorial on the 125th anniversary of Mao’s birthday early Wednesday when up to eight people in plain clothes grabbed his arms and legs and bundled him into a car, according to a fellow student who witnessed the incident.
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> The student, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of official reprisal, said he heard Qiu yelling, “I didn’t break the law, why do you want to take me away? What are you doing?”
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> According to the witness, the men who took Qiu away identified themselves as officers from the Ministry of Public Security. CNN has reached out to the Ministry of Public Security for comment.

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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2018, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chairman-mao-is-no-longer-revered-in-china/826837/2 "2018-12-28T17:24:12Z")

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btw, the Mao/Washington comparison is quite interesting.

Washington lead the revolutionary war against the British and founded the US.

Mao lead the civil war (1927-50) against Chiang Kai-shek and founded modern China.

One nation a democracy and the other a totalitarian state.

It’s fascinating that China is turning away from Chairman Mao, and it still embraces totalitarianism.

> **[China's Hidden Totalitarianism](https://nationalinterest.org/feature/chinas-hidden-totalitarianism-29992)**
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> Under Xi Jinping, China is seeking to control not just the bodies, but also the minds of its inhabitants.