Frank Dikötter may have used records, yes, but as I already said, he generalized from minor anecdotes. That's why he multiplied a baseline number of 30 million into 45 million. The sources are Chinese, the presentation of the records is overwhelmingly western. This isn't simply "whataboutism," the selective presentation of information is the same tactic that Israelis use to portray Palestinians as terrorists.
Did millions die in famine? Yes.
Was it mismanaged? Yes.
Was it a deliberate campaign to starve the people of China? No.
And, taking that last point into account, we can contextualize that for all of Mao's missteps, he still freed the country from imperialism, still freed women from foot binding, still ended famine in a country where famine was rampant, doubled life expectancy, and secured a future where China could be proud of itself. It is for those reasons that, in accordance with official CPC evaluation putting Mao as 70% good, 30% bad, he is beloved by the people of China.
Meanwhile, you have not once acknowledged that your deliberate rhetorical tie of communists to Nazis is a core component of Double Genocide Theory, nor have you corrected yourself when stating that colonialism was the correct path for European development. Even if your goal is to espouse your perceived virtues of European liberalism, you shouldn't be undermining your own rhetoric through trivializing the Holocaust.