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The response to Mao: The Unknown Story poses testing questions on how international publishers sell China
September saw the 30th anniversary of the death of Mao Zedong and with it an expected dose of official solemnity. In the run up to the big day there was also the release and re-release of a number of books chronicling the life and times of one of the 20th century's most influential figures.
Needless to say, Jung Chang and Jon Halliday's Mao: The Unknown Story, which has run the gauntlet of critical praise turned academic scorn since its publication last summer, was not among ...
Needless to say, Jung Chang and Jon Halliday's Mao: The Unknown Story, which has run the gauntlet of critical praise turned academic scorn since its publication last summer, was not among ...
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