Mao's whole tenure as leader of the CCP is an upward arc out of the extreme poverty following the devastation of WWII, which many true believers do give him credit for, even with the unfortunate downward blips along the way
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Or, for that matter, Japanese imperialists.
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China, in particular, is notable because of how relatively quickly China bounced back from incredibly obvious and massively destructive self-inflicted wounds like the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution
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Even before you get to how fast the economy skyrocketed when Deng just stopped the central planning in favor of market based reforms
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