Xi Jinping erases memory of Mao's crimes in China

Chinese President Xi Jinping is downplaying the crimes committed under Mao Zedong.

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Mao's policies caused millions of deaths, but collective memory is being rewritten.

Safeguards against authoritarian leaders are being dismantled.

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