Tag: historical memory
The Four People Who Told the Truth About Mao’s Cultural Revolution
Sixty years after Mao Zedong launched the Cultural Revolution, the Chinese Communist Party still discourages...
‘Never Let Taiwan Fall Into the Hands of Thugs’: Mainland Chinese Mock Beijing’s Unification Pitch on
At a routine briefing on June 10, 2026, Zhang Han, a spokesperson for China's Taiwan Affairs Office,...
Hong Kong Diaspora Marks Tiananmen Massacre’s 37th Anniversary at Key Landmarks in Taipei
The 37th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests and Massacre was marked on June 4. Multiple...
Sheng Xue on the 1989 Chinese Democracy Movement: From Pleas for Political Rehabilitation to the Reckoning
On Aug. 20, 1989, I left Beijing—still reeling from the bloody crackdown and the lingering grief—and...
Britain’s Embassy in China Posted a Tiananmen Memorial Video, Beijing Censored It Within Seconds
On June 4, 2026, the British Embassy in Beijing marked the 37th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre...
China Bars Tiananmen Massacre Families From Cemetery for the First Time in Three Decades
For three decades, one small, heavily policed act of remembrance had been permitted. Bereaved parents...
Tiananmen Square Massacre Survivor Reflects on Prison, Silence, and the CCP’s Future
A firsthand witness to the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre reflects on imprisonment, generational silence...
Wang Guangmei’s Tribute to Mao After He Killed Her Husband Liu Shaoqi
Liu Shaoqi served as China's head of state throughout the 1950s and early 1960s. Mao Zedong had him imprisoned...
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...
A Shanghai Teacher’s Firsthand Account of Cultural Revolution Home Raids in 1966
By Ge Jianxiong For many Chinese citizens under 40, the phrase “home raid” may carry little meaning...