Your point is debatable. Mao was a Totalitarian. Totalitarianism was by far the largest killer of the 20c, and the century before that, and the century before that, and the century before that, and on and on.
There's debate in Marxist circles that Stalinism and Maoism weren't actually Communism based on socialist principles, but rather a form of State capitalism run by Totalitarians. The theory of State capitalism still applies to China today, hence there is confusion for the observer to tell whether China is a communist or capitalist country. Fortunately though, the country moved from Totalitarianism to Authoritarianism hence life is much more bearable in today's China vs the Mao days.
The label 'Communist' obviously is a broad brush term that has changed over time as different regimes layer on their ideology much in the way capitalism has also changed in reality over the years.
I would argue that the term communist still stands on the list as the depots with this label all shared some ideology around a basis of communism.
The current regime in China is a kleptocracy bent on retaining power at almost any cost. If there was a civil uprising on a massive scale I suspect there would be many dead.
The label 'Communist' obviously is a broad brush term that has changed over time as different regimes layer on their ideology much in the way capitalism has also changed in reality over the years.
I would argue that the term communist still stands on the list as the depots with this label all shared some ideology around a basis of communism.
The current regime in China is a kleptocracy bent on retaining power at almost any cost. If there was a civil uprising on a massive scale I suspect there would be many dead.