He got the last laugh.
Mao must be turning in his grave at what China has become.
Several years ago we went on vacation in China, and as we were looking at all the great sights of Shanghai and Beijing and Xian and how rich China had become in just a couple of decades, I asked Mary, our Chinese tour guide what Mao would think if he came back. She answered - “He wouldn’t like it one bit”. But she sure did!