Talk:Mao: The Unknown Story/Archive 7

message: OK, user Colipon, PCPP, and friends keep on reminding us, like hey, all these "China Specialists" and China historians are saying this book is crap, rubbish, not worth 5 cents. I would say:"So What!", when the most powerful propaganda machine of the world Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China had chosen to keep quiet on this topic. Years had passed by since the book's release at 2005, and CCP had not even issued a single statement condemning the book, or the authors. Mao is still regard as some kind of "God" in China, and "Creator" of PRC, the Hero of the Chinese revolution. Now if we believe in what Colipon's "China Specialists" are telling us, that this book is full of craps, is all  fabrication and cheats and lies, then why did the all powerful Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China remain in silence, keep quiet, when the beloved revolutionary leader is being littered? Isn't it a bit strange? My question is, do Colipon's "China Specialists" know more about CCP's history than CCP itself? Arilang   talk 01:27, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: 1) Your points are not related to the article at all. 2) They are just your circumstantial speculation. 3) The propaganda department never releases anything about books published by foreign authors. 4) Mao is not a "God" in China; you get jailed if you uphold Maoist policies. Colipon+(Talk) 13:26, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who said what? So what! 

message: Midnightblueowl, are you pushing Chinese New Left POV here in wikipedia? Looking at talkpages of Cultural Revolution, Great Leap Forward, and here, there seems to have some sort of pattern. http://www.wyzxsx.com/ 乌有之乡 would be a good place for your contributions. Arilang   talk 07:38, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Chinese New Left

message: Scarlet Memorial: Tales Of Cannibalism In Modern China is also a very interesting book, would user Midnightblueowl,  Gnip,  Milamber, John Smith's and others care to help to build up the content a bit? Arilang   talk 05:02, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: What other academic books reference it, and are there any significant academic reviews of it, like there are for The Unknown Story or The Private Life of Chairman Mao ? I have never heard of any, but then that does of course not mean that they do not exist. If it fails in these then, interesting or not, it may well warrant deletion I'm afraid. (Midnightblueowl (talk) 23:29, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Scarlet Memorial 

message: Michael Rank:
Gregor Benton:
The above two reviewers would about sum up the Western mainstream academic view point on Gao. I have spend hours doing Google search on Gao's book, hoping to discover some "positive" reviews, unfortunately, I failed. Looks like The Battle for China's Past: Mao & the Cultural Revolution has been more or less ignored by the general academic world.
That said, first of all, Gao's references should be removed from this article, according to WP:Neutral point of view#Due and undue weight, and editors are welcomed to join this discussion to reach consensus. Arilang   talk 08:16, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mobo Gao references to be removed