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Wasn't the great leap forward by Mao the biggest mass murder in world history, according to historians not governments?
Doesn't whitewashing that amount to Holocaust denial level cultural blindness?
I know nothing, quick Google search.
Do you understand the difference between causing a famine unintentionally and doing mass murder?
-Mao, probably
PS: 15 million is the low end number. 15-55 million is the commonly accepted number, with some estimates as high as 70 million.
At some point you'd think he'd look around and notice.