カテゴリー: Communism
Video shows Gen Xu Qinxian explaining why he refused to deploy troops to crush 1989 student-led demonstrationsRare footage of a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) general who defied orders to lead his troops into Tiananmen Square and crush the 1989 student…
Players face possible arrest for downloading Taiwan-developed Reversed Front: Bonfire, which lets them ‘overthrow the communist regime’Hong Kong police have warned people against downloading a Taiwan-developed mobile game which they say is “secessionis…
Dmitry Kalmykov is a Ukrainian scientist who has dedicated his life to investigating environmental disasters, first at Chornobyl and now in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan – formerly the Soviet Union’s primary nuclear weapons testing site. He teaches schoolc…
Dmitry Kalmykov is a Ukrainian scientist who has dedicated his life to investigating environmental disasters, first at Chornobyl and now in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan – formerly the Soviet Union’s primary nuclear weapons testing site. He teaches schoolc…
Rare early editions of book by communist party chairman, who shunned the idea of wealth, set to fetch £1m at auctionThe thoughts of Mao Zedong, published in 1964 under the title Quotations, are considered the blueprint for Chinese communism and a guide…
Morality and rules, and how to avoid drowning: what my daughters learned at Chinese communist school
Our twins spent two years at primary school in Chengdu. Their lessons featured alarming cautionary tales and stories of Chinese superiority, but there was fun and irreverence, tooNear the end of third grade, my twin daughters, Ariel and Natasha, offici…
Beijing is believed to be behind court bid to secure account of life inside Communist HQIn the early hours of 4 June 1989, Li Rui, a veteran of the Chinese Communist party (CCP), was standing on the balcony of his apartment on Chang’an Boulevard in cen…
Guo Wengui, who gained fans for criticizing Communist party in China, found guilty in US of nine criminal countsGuo Wengui, a self-exiled Chinese business tycoon whose criticism of the Communist party won him legions of online followers and powerful fr…
The pandemic showed us how digital divides worsen inequality – this project shows they’re not inevitableDigital poverty and exclusion hide in plain sight. In an era of hyper-connectivity, millions are left in the shadows, even in the wealthiest countr…
‘Anti-spying’ raids on consulting firms and attacks on tech companies are being driven by party ideology, says academic Chris MarquisTo many western investors, China under president Xi Jinping is a tough nut to crack. While Chinese leaders insist that …
After Joko Widodo acknowledged the mass killings of 1965-66, victims say compensation is the next stepIta Nadia is an Indonesian activist who lost her uncle, aunt and a nephew in the mass killings of 1965-66. Her husband, Hersri Setiawan, an 86-year-ol…
After mass demonstrations against Covid lockdowns, experts say Xi Jinping’s response will be a further gradual crackdownSince Xi Jinping came to power a decade ago, China’s Communist party has enacted a sweeping crackdown on civil society. Independent …
Crackdown on virtual private networks, which protesters used to access banned non-Chinese news and social media appsChinese authorities have initiated the highest “emergency response” level of censorship, according to leaked directives, including a cra…
Senior Communist party official jailed over Tiananmen democracy movement became one of party’s most vociferous criticsBao Tong, the most senior Chinese Communist party official jailed over the Tiananmen pro-democracy movement, has died four days after …