Chinese professor sacked after criticising Mao online
A Chinese professor was sacked after he criticised Chairman Mao Zedong on his 123rd birthday in an online commentary. He suggested Mao was responsible for a famine that led to 30 lakh deaths and the Cultural Revolution in which 20 lakh died.  Mao, who died in 1976, is considered the founder of modern China and appears on all yuan banknotes.