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Xi Jinping Rewrites Communist Party History to Place Himself Alongside Mao
On July 1, 2026 Xi Jinping marked the Party's 105th anniversary with a roughly forty-minute address at...
The Cultural Revolution Wounds That Haunted Hu Yaobang to His Grave
Hu Yaobang led the Chinese Communist Party as general secretary in the 1980s and became the face of its...
China’s ‘Dual-Peak Politics’: How Deng Xiaoping and Chen Yun Shaped the Tiananmen Crisis
To understand the evolution of Chinese politics in the post-Mao era and the historic events that led...
Zhao Ziyang’s Fall Was Complete a Year Before Tiananmen
Zhao Ziyang refused to back the Tiananmen crackdown and died under house arrest Zhao Ziyang, who served...
Zhao Ziyang’s Secret Verdict on Tiananmen: Li Peng Demanded the Shooting, Deng Xiaoping Gave the Order
"They all refused to take the lead," Zhao Ziyang told Du Daozheng, the former director of China's state...
Revisiting the Tiananmen Square Massacre
I. The intent to kill: Mourning Hu Tomorrow marks June Fourth. A nation that has experienced a massacre...
Zhao Ziyang’s Mother Understood the CCP, He Took Sixteen Years to Catch Up
Zhao Ziyang, who served as China's prime minister and Communist Party general secretary during the 1980s...
Zhao Ziyang’s Five Proposals Terrified the CCP Elite and Sealed His Fate
On May 16, 1989, the five proposals that Zhao Ziyang placed before his Politburo Standing Committee colleagues...
Why Mao Zedong Really Launched the Cultural Revolution
May 16 was the 60th anniversary of the "May 16 Circular," the foundational document drafted under Mao...
How Deng Xiaoping Dismantled Mao’s Security Chief in 1978
Mao Zedong's personal security chief, Wang Dongxing, had spent thirty years as the most feared man in...
How Beijing Used Three Communiqués to Trap Washington Into Abandoning Taiwan
The three communiqués that defined US-China relations were not diplomatic milestones. They were operations...
Why Xi Jinping’s ‘East Rising, West Declining’ Doctrine Is Failing
Xi Jinping's "East rising, West declining" doctrine, the claim that Chinese power has overtaken the West...