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...book, “Mao: A Biography,” has sold more than 50,000 copies since January in a reprinted Chinese translation of the original, which was first published...
...author’s interest in Mao began years ago. He said that he first went to China while “an Australian student wandering around the world, banging on doors...
...started working on Mao when I realized that the ideas of the party didn’t mean as much as the power structure and the personality on top,” he said, adding that he thinks Mao acts as a “magnifying glass for China...the whims of the dictator get translated into policy...
Terrill said that his book aims to present a balanced account of Mao as an individual...
...There is a hunger in China for Mao as a human being,” Terrill said, adding that many Chinese are fascinated by the personal details of Mao’s life that have not typically been part of the nation’s public discourse...