Tag: Mao era
Mao Set Kill Quotas by City: 700,000 Executed in 1951
In 1951, gunshots rang through the lives of countless ordinary people across China. Men who had switched...
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...
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...
Five Ways Xi Jinping Destroyed the CCP’s Own Foundations
Over his thirteen years in power, CCP general secretary Xi Jinping dismantled the Chinese Communist Party's...
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...
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...