Tag: cultural revolution
How the CCP’s Plan to Prevent a Second Cultural Revolution Produced Xi Jinping
In the 1980s, the CCP's senior leadership in the Zhongnanhai compound attempted a political experiment...
Mao’s Widow Jiang Qing Spent 12 Years in an Urn Buried Under a False Name
At the foot of the Western Hills in Beijing sits a public cemetery called Futian, a burial ground for...
Inside Qincheng Prison: The CCP’s Secret Detention System and the Prisoner Who Had to Stay Alive
In the outskirts of Beijing, behind layers of secrecy and barbed wire, stands Qincheng Prison, a facility...
Zhao Yuhong: From Bank Whistleblower to Exile in Canada
In Vancouver, Zhao Yuhong, now in her sixties, lives a quiet life with her daughter, Gan Luping. The...
Inside Mao’s Inner Circle: Tan Zhenlin’s ‘Three Regrets’ and a Chilling Reply
Wu Faxian, former commander of the Chinese Communist Party’s air force, left behind a memoir that stands...
Wu Zuguang’s 1998 Speech in Beijing: Calling Mao a ‘Bandit’ and the Applause That Followed
In August 1998, inside a modest bookstore near the China Art Museum in Beijing, a routine literary event...
Xi Jinping’s Succession Trap
A phrase reportedly circulating inside Zhongnanhai, the walled compound in central Beijing where China's...
Why Xi Jinping’s Military Purge Is Destroying China’s Own Armed Forces
In March 2026, the National People's Congress, Beijing's rubber-stamp legislature, opened its annual...
Cultural Revolution: Red Guards Destroy Confucius Temple and Tombs in Qufu, Led by Tan Houlan
The statue of Confucius stood for centuries in the main hall of his temple in Qufu. It was pulled down...
Lin Huiyin’s Early Death and Liang Sicheng’s Persecution: A Cultural Tragedy Under CCP Rule
Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin entered the 20th century as heirs to both tradition and modernity. Trained...
From Land Reform to Tiananmen: One Man’s Account of CCP Political Campaigns in China
In modern China, the legacy of political campaigns launched under Chinese Communist Party rule continues...
Why Xi Jinping Purged Zhang Youxia, the CCP’s Most Powerful General
Zhang Youxia, until recently the most powerful general in China's military, has been purged along with...