Nerd News: New Research Suggests Mao's "Great Leap Forward" Fiasco Even Deadlier Than Previously Thought

The total butcher's bill could be as high as 45 million dead in a four-year-long span of time.  45 million, to say nothing of the millions more whose lives were thrown into misery and chaos.  And then there's that monster Mao Zedong, the worst mass murderer in modern history (or any history?).  I cannot even begin to tell you how much I hate this man.