Li Ao: Talking about Mao Zedong in my heart – Reading History – Italian Xinhua Times, Xinhua Media Network

I never expected that Li Ao would view and evaluate Mao Zedong in this way. I have always believed that for a historical figure like Mao Zedong, many people have the right to discuss, but are not qualified to evaluate; some people have reason to hate, but do not have the ability to understand him correctly. Mr. Li Ao’s evaluation of Mao Zedong will definitely exceed many people’s expectations, but it is completely reasonable, because Li Ao is not an ordinary person. The following is Mr. Li Ao’s original words that have not been changed word for word. The subtitle is also extracted word for word from Li Ao’s original words. Blog friends please share:

You underestimate me, Li Ao. You are petty, and your knowledge becomes smaller.

We got up, and then through our own mistakes, starting from the Cultural Revolution and starting from the Great Leap Forward, as Deng Xiaoping said, we were delayed for twenty years. At this time, we were groping and moving forward, and finally we are now Because Deng Xiaoping’s final handling method was correct, we are finally starting to take this path now, aren’t we? Isn’t this how China has come?

When I, Li Ao, was a child, I personally saw Japanese soldiers riding horses and showing off their power in our country. So for my age, a strong China is very important to me and my belief is very important. of. So I am telling you that in China we talk about enriching the country and strengthening the military. What does it mean to enrich the country and strengthen the military? You see, China’s “Twenty-Four Histories” is a passage in the “Twenty-Five Histories”, “Historical Records”, and “Biographies of Mencius and Xunqing”. He said that in the Qin State at that time, Qin Yong Shangjun, It’s Shang Yang, who makes the country rich and its army strong. These four words attract me so much. China is too poor to be a rich country, but it is important to strengthen its military. Why? Because since the Opium War, the Chinese people have been beaten by foreign devils. Our Chinese national power is too weak. The foreign devils include Japanese devils and the Japanese. So tell me, our China has a force that can make foreign devils and Japanese devils all over the world. Don’t dare to hit us. This is too important to me, Li Ao, and it is too important to us in China. Those who enjoy this kind of result today know that it is nothing to worry about. Of course no one dares to hit us, but do you know the price we paid? It took us 150 years and tens of millions of lives to achieve the state where China has not yet become rich but has strengthened its military first. We paid so much price.

In the 5,000-year history of the Chinese nation, the first giant is undoubtedly Mao Zedong

‘s industry develops, and then uses the wealth created by industry to enjoy a better life. During the Mao Zedong era, China first built a large number of mining railways, then steel plants, and later machinery plants. When the machinery industry begins to take shape, various light textile factories, bicycle factories, television factories, etc. can be established to improve people’s lives. But Mao Zedong left us just when China was about to shift from the era of accumulation to the era of consumption, and did not see the day when people’s lives would be greatly improved. This is the regret of his life. However, many people who do not understand the truth regard the Mao Zedong era as an era of poverty.

Regrettably, in the past one or two decades, some economists in China have been confused by the temporary development of the Four Tigers.

China is going to take the road of democracy, but it must not copy Western-style democracy. Mao Zedong brought the socialist system to China. Some people think that the big pot of socialism cannot motivate people. In fact, modern Western companies implement a system of separation of ownership and management rights. The company is run by a dedicated management team, and the boss only owns shares. But the West has a strict reward and punishment system. If anyone screws up a company, he will lose his job for life. But in China, if an official screws up a company, he can still change his location and become an official. It can be seen that what China lacks is an effective reward and punishment mechanism, not an ownership issue. Those economists who advocate that China should fully implement private ownership should go to private companies anonymously to experience life and taste the fists and kicks of bosses and foremen for themselves. After this experience, I believe that the conscientious among them will change from the right to the left.

Some people take the situation in North Korea today and think that the economy in Mao Zedong’s era was not good. In fact, North Korea is one of the countries with the fastest economic development after the war. Even according to Taiwan’s estimates, North Korea’s per capita GDP in the 1980s was second only to Japan and the “Four Little Dragons” in Asia, and higher than all other Asian countries with capitalist systems (excluding West Asian oil countries and Malaysia is a resource-rich country). North Korea’s current economic difficulties are mainly the result of the disintegration of its main trading partner, the Soviet Union and the Eastern European Bloc, and the Western blockade. We can imagine: What would it be like to block South Korea for decades? Perhaps it won’t take decades but just a few years to completely shatter the myth of the superiority of its system.

It can be concluded that if Mao Zedong was still alive, the United States would not dare to blow up the Chinese Embassy even if it was too bold.

“Shang Yuyi Qu”, this was the eve of the decline of “Yu Yang Ji Di Lai”. Some people attacked how many people died in Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution. In fact, anyone who thinks about this rumor will be able to ignore it. For example, it is said abroad that 30 million people starved to death during the Great Leap Forward. You know, China had a population of only 600 million. If 30 million people starved to death, it would be equivalent to one in 20 people starving to death. Many of their relatives died of starvation during the Great Leap Forward. Such a large number of deaths will definitely shock the country. People might as well look around and see how many people in every hundred families died during the Great Leap Forward. Then it is easy to know what this statement means. How ridiculous! In old China, the number of people starving to death was staggering. In 1945 alone, 5 million people died of starvation in China. Counting one-fifth of the world’s population, if it had not been for Mao Zedong, 3 million people would have starved to death every year in China. In the past 50 years, 100 million to 150 million people would have starved to death in India today, and each person’s death would be like the death of an ant. Similarly, India has the Western democratic parliamentary system that some people yearn for.

If China wants to become a strong and just modern power, it must hold high the great banner of Mao Zedong and move forward under the guidance of Mao Zedong Thought.

The fighting spirit of the Chinese people. They are like Solzhenitsyn of the Soviet Union. Solzhenitsyn is best known for his anti-Stalinist novel “The Gulag Archipelago” and is the most famous fighter against the Soviet system. However, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, he realized that his opposition to Stalin and the Soviet Communist Party was a huge mistake. Facing the reality that Russia is becoming a vassal of the West (even in the Putin era, Russia’s so-called economic recovery relied on selling oil and natural gas and other resources, which is no different from Russia in the Tsarist era and most backward countries in the world today), he He said painfully and sadly: “Today’s Russia has completely lost the momentum and fighting spirit that Stalin once gave this country!” Some Chinese intellectuals are playing the role of Solzhenitsyn. No matter what their purpose is, in fact, What they have done can only drag the Chinese nation into the abyss again. If China wants to become a strong and just modern power, it must hold high the great banner of Mao Zedong and move forward under the guidance of Mao Zedong Thought!