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In ¡°Resolving to do better¡± (Opinion, 11 April), Rob Behrens attributes the following quote to Mao Zedong: ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter whether the cat is black or white as long as it catches the mouse.¡±

That was actually said by Deng Xiaoping. Mao would have been more likely to have said: ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter whether a cat catches a mouse or not, as long as it is red.¡±

Ros Allen
University of Surrey