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> The Cultural Revolution was pretty bad but it did put an end to religion and superstitious customs

This is actually a pretty interesting point. Most of the semi-religious customs that were killed off still live on in Malaysia - to the point where I was surprised at how un-chinese China was when I visited.

> (European countries killed off 1000 years of Christianity in a single generation at the same time Mao did his giant leap experiment).

Are you talking about the two world wars or something that occurred in the 1960's & 70's?

Huh? Mao's goals were concentration of power and elimination of policial rivals.

No Mao had a whole program to propel China into the modern world after he and the communists realised that the old order failed.

sure thats why he turned every home in a small steel mill