Tag: Mao era
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...
Beijing Revives Mao-Era Nationalization Rhetoric, Signaling a New Assault on Private Wealth
On June 19, 2026, China's state news agency Xinhua published a lengthy celebratory article titled "The...
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...