# Frank Dikötter (born 1961) Up: [[Topics/Fascism, Nazism and the Left-Right Spectrum/Fascism, Nazism and the Left-Right Spectrum|Fascism, Nazism and the Left-Right Spectrum]] - Dutch historian of modern China (University of Hong Kong; Hoover Institution) ◻. - *Mao's Great Famine* (2010) estimates "at least 45 million" premature deaths in 1958–62, including at least 2.5 million beaten or tortured to death. It's the top of the published range, and Andrew Walder, Cormac Ó Gráda and others have criticised its method. Named in: [[Users/@handre/Post Analyses/Post Analysis - Handre on Socialism, Communism and Fascism (2026-10-25)|@Handre on socialism, communism and fascism (Oct 25, 2026)]]. Rating key: ✅ accurate · 🟡 partly · ⚠️ misleading or unverified · ❌ contradicted · ❓ opinion or unsourced. ◻ means a standard reference fact I didn't open this session.