Which of the following best explains how the historical situation in which Li Zhisui wrote his biography of Mao Zedong influence
d Li’s assessment of the experience of the Great Leap Forward? Answer A: Writing in the United States years after the events he described, Li Zhisui is free to offer his honest opinion, without fear of retaliation from the Chinese government.
Writing a biography of his former national leader, Li Zhisui is trying to portray Mao’s policies from a loyal and sympathetic point of view.
Answer B: Writing a biography of his former national leader, Li Zhisui is trying to portray Mao’s policies from a loyal and sympathetic point of view.
Writing in the 1990s in the context of a deindustrializing United States economy, Li Zhisui is skeptical of the value of China becoming an industrial nation under Mao’s rule.
Answer C: Writing in the 1990s in the context of a deindustrializing United States economy, Li Zhisui is skeptical of the value of China becoming an industrial nation under Mao’s rule.
Answer D: Writing many years after the events he describes, Li Zhisui likely misremembers many of the actual details of the experience of Chinese industrialization under Mao’s rule.
Answer: Writing in the United States years after the events he described, Li Zhisui is free to offer his honest opinion, without fear of retaliation from the Chinese government.
