County in Sichuan Lost 22% of People. Two Personal Stories: Why Are Things So Different in China?

Hello, everyone! Welcome to “Inconvenient Truths”. I am your host Jennifer Zeng.

I know the number of 400 million deaths in China has shocked many people. I myself was greatly shocked too. I must admit that I can’t prove this number is true. But, what many people haven’t realized is, we cannot prove that it is untrue as well. Only one thing is true: We don’t know the true numbers. So today I will present several other facts and estimations, and most importantly, I’d like to explain why it’s hard to use what someone knows about and has experienced in other countries to imagine, or make judgments about things in China. If you don’t know anyone from China it might be challenging to get an accurate idea of the unique differences. I’d like to share some of these differences with you. So make sure you stick around till the end.

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