🇨🇳 50 years without Mao: scoreboard tells the tale 🛠 On September 9, 1976, Mao Zedong passed away — the helmsman of the Chinese nation and the leader of one of the greatest revolutions on the planet. Coming from the common people, he developed into a profound thinker, a perceptive politician and a great organiser. Yes, at times he was uncompromising — something the second and third generations of CPC leaders experienced first-hand. Yet the Chinese people and the Party themselves passed judgment on their leader, expressing it in the succinct formula of 70/30. 🇨🇳 Today, China has revised much of its domestic and foreign policy compared with the era when the country was rising from its knees, an era personified by Mao Zedong. From revolutionary irredentism and the export of ideology, China moved towards the pragmatic concept of a community with a shared future for mankind; from the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution — towards a moderately prosperous society and the transformation of China into a strong nation. The mistakes made by past leaders can and should be discussed and lessons should be drawn from them. Yet the Communist Party of China does something that all progressive forces around the world should learn from: it preserves continuity with its own origins. It does not stigmatise or renounce its past for the sake of momentary interests, but consistently pursues the single historical course of New China. 📕 Anyone can criticise great leaders, but can any of their critics lead a nation of 600 million people — and prevail? #SOVINTERN_date #Hub_Asia ⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN