The Emperor Has No Clothes: Mao's Doctor Reveals the Naked Truth

foreignaffairs.com ^ | 11/04 | John E. Wills, Jr.

[jdfromny]

Dr. Li Zhisui met Mao Zedong for the first time on April 25, 1955, late in the afternoon. The doctor had finished a busy day in his clinic, but Mao was just starting his day's work. On a wooden bed beside his indoor swimming pool, the chairman lounged "naked beneath an open terry-cloth robe . . . his lower body loosely covered by a towel." Dr. Li was impressed by Mao's healthy appearance: broad shoulders, a big belly, thick black hair, "skin like butter, delicate, and hairless." Dr. Li, summoned by the awesome and remote Great Leader, was nervous, but Mao soon put him at ease, while at the same time impressing him with his wisdom. Mao made it clear that Dr. Li's education in missionary schools would be no bar to his holding a position of the greatest trust under the chairman. He reminded the doctor that the great second emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, had made a general with a questionable background one of his closest and most trusted aides.

[jdfromny]

We need to research these sick redards so that liberty can persevere.

[Jmouse007]

Who cares? This E V I L man is dead and in Hell, awaiting his place in The Lake of Fire.

"The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot." (Proverbs 10:7)

[KarlInOhio]

Dr. Li was impressed by Mao's healthy appearance: broad shoulders, a big belly, thick black hair, "skin like butter, delicate, and hairless." Dr. Li, summoned by the awesome and remote Great Leader, was nervous, but Mao soon put him at ease, while at the same time impressing him with his wisdom.

Did someone take Chris Matthews latest slurpfest on ObaMao and just change a couple of names?

[jdfromny]

We have another in the White House. Ah who cares. You’re right.

[Louis Foxwell]

Did someone take Chris Matthews latest slurpfest on ObaMao and just change a couple of names?
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The book by Dr. Li came out about 10 years ago. It is very significant that it is being discussed today given the Maoist tactics of oour current president.

[GOPJ]

He had no use for the proprieties of dress, work hours, and leisure time observed by others. People came to Mao when he was ready to talk or work, at any hour of the day or night. These peculiarities, Mao's reference to Li Shimin, and his indoor swimming pool - an amazing luxury in 1950s China - were Dr. Li's first indications that he was dealing with someone who cast himself as a revolutionary leader but whose conduct and attitudes reminded one of China's emperors.

Sounds like LBJ who used to pull it out and pee in front of his family and staffers - the contempt of too much power...

[GOPJ]

It is very significant that it is being discussed today given the Maoist tactics of oour current president.

I suspect there's a connection...

[SunkenCiv]

The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.

Except in the case of Mao, because he did nothing but evil.

[Fred Nerks]

I suspect there's a connection...

NAACP, Cleveland, with W. E. B. Du Bois Date: 1929

OBAMA AFRICAN COLONIAL. LINK.

[GOPJ]

Barack Obama is nothing more than an old school African Colonial who is on his way to turning this country into one of the developing nations that you learn about on the National Geographic Channel.

Thanks for the link - interesting stuff...

[Fred Nerks]

the fun doesn’t start until #27. There’s a summary at #95.

[GOPJ]

bttt