• Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net
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        2 months ago

        Yeah, Mao did some propaganda thing at one point where he swam across a river to i guess show people he was still healthy, and apparently it was a big deal? I don’t remember all the details.

        • Barx [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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          2 months ago

          He swam across a bunch of rivers. His most famous swim was just going down the Yangtze when he was old and out of his official position of power. They reported an impossibly fast swim for that one, lol.

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        2 months ago

        the whole ordeal about the Yangtze river

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      He was big when he was old, but dude kind of earned that after decades of slogging around China starving to death and being harried by Nationalist and Japanese armies. Like have you seen how many communists died on the long march? It’s terrifying.