The New York Times Compares Trump’s Presidency to the Chinese Cultural Revolution, but Survivors Disagree

‘There are lots of Chinese Cultural Revolution survivors in this country, but The New York Times has no courage and no objectivity to talk to us.’

The New York Times published an article claiming President Donald Trump’s administration is pushing a Chinese-style “Cultural Revolution in America.” But survivors of the Chinese Cultural Revolution told The Federalist they disagree — and suggested the Times is pushing communist propaganda.

“They are evil — evil,” said Xi Van Fleet, a survivor of Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution. “The New York Times is personifying the People’s Daily, the CCP mouthpiece.”

Mao’s communist government killed up to 2 million people and sent thousands of its opponents to prison during the Chinese Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976. This followed the death of 30 million people in a famine caused by Mao’s so-called Great Leap Forward.

Van Fleet was born in China, survived the Chinese Cultural Revolution, and “was sent to work in the countryside at the age of 16.” She escaped China at age 26 and has lived in America since 1986. She wrote the book Mao’s America, warning the United States about the potential for a cultural revolution in America. […]

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