The Mao the Merrier

• "My poems are so stupid. You mustn't take them seriously."
  • Mao Ze-Dong in Conversation, 1946

Well, maybe the poems of Mao aren't the best, but then poetry is kind of like art. If you like it, it's good. If not, it's not. And there have been almost a billion people who say it's great poetry. So who's going to argue?

Well, if not about his poems, people do argue about Mao himself. And for a few of those arguments - and a bit about the poems - just click here.