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CHINESE HISTORY

Mao Zedong Spent His Final Years in Clinical Paranoia, His Personal Physician Wrote

To the Party that still venerates him, Mao Zedong was an infallible titan who stood astride history. The private record tells a different story: a man who refused medicine because

The June Fourth Incident Was a Tiananmen Massacre Combined with a Nationwide Crackdown in China

What was June Fourth? June Fourth was not the suppression of a riot, not a crowd-clearing operation, and not merely the enforcement of martial law. Rather, the author argues that
PLA Daily Journalist Jiang Lin Alleges Systematic Rewriting Of June Fourth History
June Fourth Survivor Li Shuangde Recounts Being Wounded and Rescued by Beijing Residents
Sheng Xue on the 1989 Chinese Democracy Movement: From Pleas for Political Rehabilitation to the Reckoning of History
A Chinese Law Student Who Joined the 1989 Tiananmen Hunger Strike Recalls the Six Weeks That Led to the Massacre
Zhao Ziyang’s Secret Verdict on Tiananmen: Li Peng Demanded the Shooting, Deng Xiaoping Gave the Order
Hidden for Decades: Restored Tiananmen Footage Offers Unfiltered View of June 4
CCP Leaders Covered Up a 1968 Mass Killing After Bodies Washed Up in Hong Kong Harbor
During the Cultural Revolution's bloodiest summer, military-led authorities in Guangdong province carried...
Zhou Enlai’s Four-Point Plan and the 1956 Secret Envoys: Why Chiang Kai-shek Rejected US Troop Withdrawal
To revisit the history of cross-strait relations is to revisit a question that has never fully receded...
How Zhou Enlai Survived Mao’s Cultural Revolution While Every Other CCP Leader Fell
Zhou Enlai served as the Chinese Communist Party's prime minister for 26 years, and to this day many...
The CCP’s Playbook for Burying Disaster: Famine, Flood, and Massacre in China’s Heartland
Henan province sits between the Yellow River and the Huai River, at the geographic and symbolic heart...
Chinese New Year 1961: Famine, Cannibalism, and the Great Leap Forward’s Deadliest Winter
It was Feb. 15, 1961. In the official language of the Chinese Communist Party, it was described as a...
Deng Xiaoping’s Legacy: Reform, Repression, and an Unfinished Reckoning
Feb. 19 marks the anniversary of Deng Xiaoping’s death in 1997. Chinese philosopher Li Zehou once...
Chinese New Year in the Song Dynasty: Ghost Masks, Nuo Rituals, and Imperial Exorcism Ceremonies
The first morning of the year In the Song Dynasty, which ruled China from 960 to 1279, Chinese New...
From ‘Golden Dumplings’ to Sweet Rice Wine: The Symbolism Behind Chinese New Year Traditions
Across China, New Year celebrations aren't merely a holiday; they're seen as rituals of renewal steeped...
Viral Essay on China’s Economy Draws Sharp Criticism from Analysts
China enters 2026 under what observers describe as a rare systemic strain. Public unease has lingered...