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Despite the enormity of this tragedy, Mao remains an untouchable icon in Chinese history. His role as the father of modern China continues to bind the nation and lend legitimacy to the current ruling authorities. In order to protect Mao's image, the Chinese Communist Party has maintained a decades-long silence regarding the Great Famine — a reality that contemporary historians like Jun, a young researcher from the University of Hong Kong, courageously seek to unveil. Her efforts, driven by personal loss and a collective duty to memory, have involved painstaking interviews with surviving witnesses and the painstaking reconstruction of this dark chapter of history.