From Chengtu’s questions to Hankow’s battlefield, Mao sharpened the class line, armed the masses with democracy, and struck at the overlord style that threatened to hollow out the revolution.Weaponized Statecraft Series | Mao in Hankow, 1958By Prince Kapone | Weaponized Information | September 14, 2025From Chengtu’s Questions to Hankow’s BattlefieldApril 1958, Hankow. Weeks after forcing... Continue Reading →
Mao at Chengtu: Fighting Brain Rot, Forging Creative Revolution
In March 1958, weeks after issuing his Sixty Points on Working Methods in Nanning, Mao gathered Party leaders at Chengtu. If Nanning warned against bureaucratic drift in the wake of victory, Chengtu waged ideological war against dogmatism, empty boasting, and the paralysis of thought. Here Mao demanded investigation over imitation, mass critique over silence, and... Continue Reading →