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Recent research in China reveals that there is still great interest in
Mao in the country, and that a large part of society still harks back to the
days of Chairman Mao. The uncertainty and collapse due to the capital-
ist reforms that began in the 1970s have led to a peak in the protests that
began in 1986, and led to Mao being reinstated on the country's agenda.
A 1992 edition of Atlantic Monthly magazine describes China's return to
Maoism as follows:
In fact, by the end of last year a surprising new craze for Mao trivia had
spread throughout China. Although it lacked the political frenzy of the
Cultural Revolution, during which weeping devotees of Mao marched
across China in his name, beat to death supposed enemies of his revolu-
tion, and even pinned Mao buttons to their naked flesh, this latter-day in-
fatuation was remarkably widespread… Capitalizing on this new
T he traces of the catastrophes communism
has brought to China can easily be seen all
over the country.
Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar
