I do not see any double standards on my part, can you explain quite clearly what they are?
Yes, of course I can explain.
As we know: The primary cause of the rift between Mao Zedong and Nikita Khrushchev lay in the policy of "peaceful coexistence" with capitalist nations—a course Khrushchev proclaimed at the 20th Congress of the CPSU in 1956. Mao Zedong viewed this policy as a departure from Marxism-Leninism and a betrayal of the global revolution, which led to deep ideological and geopolitical disagreements.
As we know: Deng adopted a policy of "peaceful coexistence" with the West in the 1970s...
Do you not see the contradiction here, Comrade? If that is the case, then China and the USSR ought to reconcile, since their policies are identical. As we recall, the 1970s saw a period of "détente" between the USSR and the USA.
Incidentally, it was when Khrushchev pivoted toward the West that the USSR became hooked on the "oil needle"—a dependency it still hasn't managed to kick...
The monetary reform of 1961 was carried out in order to peg the ruble to the dollar.
Later Mao made more mistakes than earlier Mao.
I would be very surprised, Comrade, if you said otherwise.
I met a Chinese guy on Reddit whose father fled to the U.S. during the Cultural Revolution.
But it probably wasn't any worse—because fewer people actually died during the Cultural Revolution; the events there consisted mostly of unprecedented repression.
This is why the Gang of Four took power
I think the "Gang of Four" affair was Deng clearing his own path to power. The internal political struggle at the time was extremely fierce.
Did you see the news footage of that trial?
There was one woman among the defendants—I don't recall her name, though she was a close associate of Mao—and for some reason, I felt sorry for her. When she delivered her final statement in court, it struck me that only a true communist facing execution could speak like that...
Reform and Opening Up ultimately was done in a manner that the US thought they could exploit, but in reality the CPC maintained control and the US Empire’s plans are failing. This is why the cold war against China is ramping up.
Let's put it this way: China outmaneuvered the U.S. The U.S. underestimated China's strength. This is what we have come to call the "Chinese Miracle." Americans are pragmatists; they don't believe in miracles... :))))
It is just like how the West slept on the USSR back in the 1930s... they, too, refused to believe in a miracle at the time.
However, I believe that comparing these two miracles is somewhat inappropriate. As you rightly noted, the conditions under which these goals were achieved were quite different.