Yeah, that's the paradox about Mao; he is the most "revered" of the evil dictators. Even in travel books about China, Mao is given a heavy amount of sugar-coating, so I guess that has to do with government propaganda. Basically, China is a magnified version of the US and all the things wrong with us. I just hope the 2008 olympics don't become a massive failure because of Tibet controversy. You can't say anything bad about Mao according to the Chinese government.