When Mao gave an interview to the US author Edgar Snow in 1964, he revealed a feeling that things were coming to an end. He saw a world trend towards casting off communist totalitarianism, and his domestic policies had had enormous negative consequences. His feeling of having no way forward can be imagined.
毛在一九六四年接見美國作家史諾時，便流露過一種落日情懷，他看到世界潮流正在唾棄共產極權主義，而他的國內政策又有巨大的負債，他的窮途末路心情可想而知。