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Conservative MPs blast CBC/Radio-Canada over Mao anniversary story

Between 40 million and 80 million people died under Mao, although estimates of the death toll vary among historians.

Alex Dhaliwal
Sep 20, 2026
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Source: ChatGPT

Conservative MPs are blasting CBC/Radio-Canada for giving Mao Zedong the nostalgia treatment following the state broadcaster’s decision to run an AFP feature on admirers celebrating the communist dictator 50 years after his death.

The French-language arm of CBC published the wire story under the headline “Long live Mao! 50 years after his …

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