In fact in China in those years, except for Mao Zedong, all people, from officials to ordinary laborers, must obey the regulations and say what they were allowed to say. What is worst, there was no clear definition of what could be done and what could be said ¨C only Mao himself or his stooges had the right to judge what is what. Consequently, the life or death of the 12 billions was determined solely by one single tyrant.
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