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think about how big china is; its a billion+ people
now imagine what mao came into post-revolution
tens of thousands of villages who where still used to feudal slavery, most without even running water nevermind electricty
they had to go village to village and force the patriarchs to stop enslaving women, this was the cultural revolution; people died, but those who disavow this never mention why they where doing it.
women had there feet bound at birth and where not allowed to leave there masters house.
Most? Before the people's Republic, Shangai alone consumed about half of the total electricity in China!
I read this Chinese guy on Quora pointing this out, and I just loved the part where he emphasized it again like "HALF."