Just 50 years ago, the Cultural Revolution was starting. It was praised in France, at that time. Alain Peyrefitte, in his book “When China wakes up” concludes that” the Chinese revolution constitutes definitely the most extraordinary experience of the time being … and maybe of anytime”. Valery Giscard d’Estaing commented Mao Zedong death with these words: “a worldwide mind lighthouse has been switch off”. Since that period, Chinese leaders took their distances in qualifying his records as a success for 70% and a failure for 30% and the People Daily, last week went further:” History has proven that the Cultural ...