Mao Anying: The Son Mao Sent to Die | The Real Story of Mao Anying's Death

Описание: Mao Anying was born on October 24, 1922, the eldest son of Mao Zedong. At age eight, he watched his mother Yang Kaihui tortured and executed by Kuomintang forces. At eleven, he became a street beggar in Shanghai, abandoned and starving for three years while his father led guerrilla forces. His youngest brother died on those streets. Rescued in 1936, Anying was sent to Moscow where he transformed into a Soviet-educated military officer, fighting in World War II and earning decorations for bravery. In 1946, he finally returned to China—a stranger to the father he hadn't seen in over a decade. By 1950, he was married, happy, and being groomed as a potential successor to Mao.

Then the Korean War began. Despite protests from senior commanders, Mao sent his son to fight. On November 25, 1950—just 28 days after entering Korea—Mao Anying was killed by American napalm bombing. He was twenty-eight years old. The official story says he died heroically. But a controversial account claims he was killed because he cooked egg fried rice during daylight, and the smoke attracted bombers. This "fried rice story" has become an annual protest symbol in China, with citizens posting fried rice recipes every November 25th to mock Mao's cold reaction to his son's death. Chinese censors frantically delete these posts, but the protests persist.

This documentary reveals the full tragic story of Mao Anying through historian analysis and rare archival footage. From his mother's execution to life as a Shanghai street child, from Moscow military academy to the battlefields of World War II, from his brief marriage to his controversial death in Korea—we explore how the Chairman's son became a propaganda tool and ultimately a sacrifice. Mao showed almost no grief when informed of Anying's death two months later, reportedly saying: "In war, there are always casualties."

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