China Quote by Edgar Snow

Mao appears to be quite free from symptoms of megalomania, but he has a deep sense of personal dignity, and something about him suggests…

— Edgar Snow

“after seeing decades of Maoist campaigns, that idealism mostly resulted in misery. China would be helped only as ordinary citizens went about bettering their…

— Gordon G. Chang

“As I gazed at Mao’s face wearing what was intended as a benign expression but was in fact a smirk of self-satisfaction, I wondered…

— Nien Cheng

Mao is a sometime Yin sometime Yang strange man, he has a soft-as-cotton outer layer, but at the same time has sharp needles hiding…

— Chiang Kai-shek

Do not suppose, first of all, that Mao Tse-tung could be the "saviour" of China. Nonsense. There will never be one "saviour" of China.…

— Edgar Snow

“If Xi personally accepts Maoism, we should not be surprised he believes his Maoist campaign is popular across Chinese society. “Today’s Chinese leadership—under pressure…

— Gordon Chang

“Mao has never accepted the failure of the "Great Leap". As one of the texts reproduced below demonstrates, he would have preferred to see…

— Simon Leys

Although my book is banned I am still allowed to go to China and travel. There is no longer the kind of control that…

— Jung Chang

“French philosophers had been able to admire Mao and his works because they did not have to live in China at the time.”

— Alexander McCall Smith

“During Mao’s era, the Chinese people were absolutely controlled by the Communist Party that decided food and accommodation, education and employment, what to think…

— Zoë S. Roy

So far as Chairman Mao's own hopes were concerned, he initiated the "Cultural Revolution" in order to avert the restoration of capitalism, but he…

— Deng Xiaoping

“When you live in China as a foreigner, there are two critical moments of recognition. The first comes immediately upon arrival, when you are…

— Peter Hessler