His public statement:
Note: the anecdote is sourced from “Mao” by Michael Lynch, a biography I have not read.
This is a really insightful view into Mao’s life and totally counter to the idea we’re sold of him as an uncaring father and a totally cold, calculating larger-than-life narcissist.
Wow. After reading the excerpt about Mao it did call to my mind that same propaganda painting Stalin as an uncaring father, and I wondered if that were also untrue. Thanks for sharing.