Tag: Liu Shaoqi
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...
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 Launched the Cultural Revolution to Seize Absolute Power, Not to Pursue an Ideal
Fifty years after the Cultural Revolution ended, competing theories still fight for dominance: was it...
How Mao Zedong Used Personal Warmth to Remove Senior CCP Leaders
Mao Zedong, the founder of the People’s Republic of China, developed a pattern that became familiar to...
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...
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...
Mao’s Three Political ‘Coups:’ How They Remade China and Echo in the Xi Era (Part One)
In its conventional sense, a coup is an extraordinary move to overturn a political order, usually by...
Mao Zedong Secretly Recorded? Soapbox and Button Bugging Allegations and the Cultural Revolution Power
To grasp Mao Zedong’s words and actions, the General Office of the CCP Central Committee tampered with...
The Final 27 Days of Liu Shaoqi: Torture, Erasure, and Death in Mao’s China
By Fu LongshanWhat did Liu Shaoqi experience in the final days before his death? Fragmentary but chilling...
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)...