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Is this a piece of Chinese Communist propaganda?

It certainly takes what appears to be the official Party line, and that alone. I may try to edit if I can dig out some other sources I vaguely recall.Kumarajiva 08:53, 22 June 2007 (UTC)Kumarajiva[reply]

The military leadership section is very poorly worded and extremely biased against the subject. Someone please edit that section to be more objective. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.194.18.65 (talk) 04:22, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The article was very biased and read like Communist Party propaganda. I have edited it to make it more balanced based on an article in the Toronto Star, which is in turn based on the book Mao: The Unknown Story by Chang/Halliday. The article still needs significant improvement and more varied citations. Zatoichi26 (talk) 18:05, 26 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No comrade, Manifest Destiny is propaganda. American Dream is propaganda. This is Chinese history. 99.32.59.9 (talk) 19:08, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"The article was very biased and read like Communist Party propaganda. I have edited it to make it more balanced based on an article in the Toronto Star, which is in turn based on the book Mao: The Unknown Story by Chang/Halliday." - Actually that book was proven shortly after its publication to be unreliable, full of falsifications, and amounting to anti-communist propaganda. It should not be referenced for factual information.

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The military leadership section is poorly worded and extremely biased against the subject. Someone please edit this section to be more objective.

Last edited at 04:21, 14 September 2009 (UTC). Substituted at 11:16, 30 April 2016 (UTC)