TIL that in the 1990s, an “autobiography” appeared that was supposedly by Mao Anlong, a son of Mao Zedong. The book told how Anlong’s father forced him to go into hiding. That story was a hoax; the real Anlong died of dysentery when he was only three or four years old.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_Anlong
en.wikipedia.org

Posted Dec 1, 2025, 3:08 AM UTC

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