Quote of the day

Mao died aspiring to exterminate Chinese culture. His Cultural Revolution alone killed as many as two million people, shattered traditions, uprooted spiritual and ethical values, and tore apart family ties and communal loyalties. People who experienced it seal off the memory, for the pain, worse than a bullet to the heart, overwhelms souls.

Ma Jian

民為貴，社稷次之，君為輕。

Most precious are the people; next come the spirits of land and grain; and last, the kings.

Mencius