Tag: cultural revolution
Why Mao Feared Huang Wanli: The ‘Chosen Rightist’ Who Refused to Break
China’s Anti-Rightist Campaign swallowed more than half a million intellectuals, but very few left a...
How Chiang Kai-shek Turned Taiwan Into the Guardian of Chinese Civilization
A quiet mountain, a philosophical calling North of Taipei rises a quiet, mist-covered peak once known...
The Political Playbook Behind Mao Zedong’s Rise
By Jing Chen During the Chinese Civil War, Nationalist insider Jiang Lianru — then serving as secretary...
The Sentence That Altered 1989: Bo Yibo’s Warning to Zhao Ziyang
By Longshan Fu In the spring of 1989—weeks before tanks rolled into Beijing—China’s top leaders gathered...
Death of Kuai Dafu Reopens Debate Over the Cultural Revolution
By Jin tao pai’an Kuai Dafu—Tsinghua University alumnus and one of the Cultural Revolution’s most...
What Lin Biao Really Thought of Mao Zedong: Inside the Secret Remarks That Condemned the Chairman’s Rule
In public, Lin Biao appeared to embody absolute loyalty to Mao Zedong—he bowed, praised, and shouted...
Deng Xiaoping’s Dilemma: Why He Rehabilitated Liu Shaoqi but Preserved Mao’s Myth
Deng Xiaoping was one of the most politically astute leaders within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)...
Xi Jinping’s China Faces a Great Calamity: Political Paralysis and Economic Collapse
China is facing an unprecedented convergence of political and economic turmoil. According to Chinese...
Former Reuters Correspondent and ‘Beijing Hostage’ During the Cultural Revolution Passes Away
Anthony Grey, the former Reuters correspondent who was held under house arrest in Beijing for more than...
The Rich Aroma Forged Through Hardship — My Earliest Memory of Coffee
These days, as I’ve been discussing the flavors of various coffees with online friends, I can’t help...
Roald Dahl’s Iconic Children’s Literature Censored by Publisher After Netflix Buyout
The suite of children’s novels written by iconic British writer Roald Dahl in the 1960s and 1970s has...
77th-Generation Descendant of Confucius Dies in Beijing
One of the modern descendants of China's greatest teacher, Confucius, has died amidst the massive resurgence...