Mao Zedong’s grandson, recently a guest on a television show memorializing the end of World War II, shocked audiences by blatantly promoting communism under the guise of historical research. Dr. Mao Xinyu, Mao Zedong’s grandson, was invited to speak on a program commemorating the end of World War II airing on the government controlled television station, CCTV.

The program, International Observation, broadcasted the 60th anniversary celebrations marking the end of World War II in Europe on May 7. Dr. Mao told audiences that based on his research, the countries who had made the greatest contributions to World War II were the Soviet Union and China, under the control of what he called “my grandpa Mao Zedong”.

Dr. Mao Xinyu has a bachelor’s degree in history from the China People’s University, a Master’s degree from the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China, and doctorial degree from the Chinese Academy of Military Science.

It is common knowledge that the major players in World War II were the United States, Soviet Union, and Britain. Although China made huge sacrifices during the war, it cannot be fairly said that it played a key role. Even if we were not to consider that fact, the person leading the Second Sino-Japanese War was certainly not Mao Zedong. Mao did not attend the Cairo Conference and history tells us that Mao entered the war in the service of the Kuomintang government.

Dr. Mao’s academic assertions are completely unsupported by historical facts. Many who saw the program were surprised that anyone would claim such obvious falsehoods on national television. Dr. Mao attempted to cast his grandfather in the mold of a Churchill or Roosevelt.

When Dr. Mao mentioned the issue of international cooperation against fascism, he asserted that World War II happened because Britain and France didn’t want to cooperate with the Soviet Union to fight against the fascists. The host rightfully cut him off at this point. An article from Boxun.net said that if he had been allowed to finish his remarks, he would have cast Britain and France as truly dark historical figures.

Dr. Mao further discredited himself by quoting inaccurate figures of casualties in the Sino-Japanese War. He comments were a disgrace to his doctorate.