Chang says of Mao, "He was as evil as Hitler or Stalin, and did as much damage to mankind as they did." The authors assert that Mao was responsible for upwards of 70 million peacetime deaths, including at least 37 million in the 1959-1961 famine that arose from Mao's harebrained economic policies.
And yet who is villified on the American left? Reagan and Bush. Freaking idiots.