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Where’s Mao? Chinese Revise History Books - New York Times

At one time, I thought war between China and the US was inevitable. Now that chance is history

Socialism has been reduced to a single, short chapter in the senior high school history course. Chinese Communism before the economic reform that began in 1979 is covered in a sentence. The text mentions Mao only once — in a chapter on etiquette.

Nearly overnight the country’s most prosperous schools have shelved the Marxist template that had dominated standard history texts since the 1950’s. The changes passed high-level scrutiny, the authors say, and are part of a broader effort to promote a more stable, less violent view of Chinese history that serves today’s economic and political goals.

H/T Tom Peters

posted by Jim VAT @ 10:02 PM