Was CPC the government in 1850?
In our textbooks we are drilled daily on how 20 million died in 1861 alone not to mention the Republican Era. Our textbooks are filled with self criticizing articles from Lu Xun and other liberal thinkers of the time.
In fact, if you count from the 1850's onwards, there are 2 culprits: Qing Dynasty and ROC. Qing Dynasty is long gone, but ROC is still in Taiwan. If you truly cared for those that died 1850-1949, you should not protest PRC, but instead, protest against Taiwan!
But looking at statistics, even the Chiang regime in the 30's had a death rate equal to that of India, while in the 1950's, China had a death rate that was far lower than India's, shooting up to be EQUAL to India's only during the great leap forward. Essentially, China at the worst of times was only as bad as India in "normal" times
I don't want to make this an Indian bashing thread but you Indians always have to sneak in a dumb comment attacking China. I just want to correct some facts.