[Hexcles]

Well, I'm not saying your entire post is nonsense, but rather your choice of examples and citations. And here again, the example that you used to refuse believe Mao contributed to the famine or cultural revolution has nothing to do with this discussion. And in your original post, those random success "secrets" you cited really don't help your argument.

[chaostheory]

My refusal to believe Mao did anything bad does matter and it is relevant. Emotion and pride will cloud introspection and it will blind you to what others see in plain sight. Denial does nothing to fix problems. Sure there are other places in Asia that share one of China's major problems that I've mentioned but I can't think of any place in Asia that has all of them.

If my argument is so weak, do you have any stats and facts to destroy it?