Poor Yang, a creature of the CCP, is off by a lot - most conservative estimates put the number at 74 million while others say over 80 million. Yang is a wumao, paid to make the CCP look as good as possible.
However, in China Mao is worshiped by almost all Chinese, he just made a mistake, but is the Father of their country, respected and honored in every household.
I understood the 36 million to be just those killed as a result of the famine caused by the GLF.