Trivia Question: The phrase “paper tigers” was popularized internationally by what Chinese dictator as he described his enemies?
Answer: Mao Zedong
A paper tiger is something that appears threatening but is not dangerous in the slightest. Modern scholars believe that “paper tigers” was a phrase that existed in the Cantonese language for centuries. However, Mao claimed that he invented the saying when he described the West as a land of harmless braggarts.
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