Volume 20, Number 1 · February 8, 1973
Thoughts of Mao Tse-tung
By Benjamin Schwartz
The vast, unfinished human experience called the 'Chinese Revolution' is not, in my view, the kind of event that can be simply approved or disapproved. The People's Republic, during the twenty-three years of its history, has undergone many shifts, experienced many crises and many upheavals in leadership. At times the leadership itself has harshly condemned previous lines of policy which had received full endorsement from people abroad who believe that 'Revolution' must invariably receive total approval. Thus one can acknowledge the many huge and undeniable accomplishments of the People's Republic without making a total commitment to some general state of affairs called the 'Chinese Revolution' and without accepting all of Chairman Mao's claims as a political and moral philosopher.
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