Communism
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Rare footage from trial of Chinese general who defied Tiananmen crackdown order leaked online
Video shows Gen Xu Qinxian explaining why he refused to deploy troops to crush 1989 student-led demonstrations…
- Asia Pacific, China, Communism, Culture, Games, Hong Kong, Mobile games, Taiwan, Tibet, Uyghurs, World news
Hong Kong police tell people not to download ‘secessionist’ mobile game
Players face possible arrest for downloading Taiwan-developed Reversed Front: Bonfire, which lets them ‘overth…
- Cold war, Communism, Education, Environment, Europe, Geology, Health, Kazakhstan, Nuclear waste, Nuclear weapons, Russia, Science, Soil, South and Central Asia, Ukraine, Waste, World news
Atomic Secrets: a Chornobyl scientist warns of a toxic future
Dmitry Kalmykov is a Ukrainian scientist who has dedicated his life to investigating environmental disasters, …
- Cold war, Communism, Education, Environment, Europe, Geology, Health, Kazakhstan, Nuclear waste, Nuclear weapons, Russia, Soil, South and Central Asia, Ukraine, World news
Atomic Secrets: a Chornobyl scientist warns of a toxic future
Dmitry Kalmykov is a Ukrainian scientist who has dedicated his life to investigating environmental disasters, …
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Mao Zedong’s first Little Red Book had blue cover and less propaganda
Rare early editions of book by communist party chairman, who shunned the idea of wealth, set to fetch £1m at a…
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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 s…
- Asia Pacific, China, Communism, History, Mao Zedong, Tiananmen Square protests 1989, US news, World news, Xi Jinping
‘Monument to history’ battle between US and China over future of Mao’s secretary’s diary
Beijing is believed to be behind court bid to secure account of life inside Communist HQIn the early hours of …
- Barack Obama, Communism, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Thailand, US news, Vietnam, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping
Nguyen Phu Trong obituary
Hardline general secretary of Vietnam’s ruling Communist party determined to suppress dissentNguyen Phu Trong,…
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Chinese business tycoon convicted of defrauding followers in $1bn scheme
Guo Wengui, who gained fans for criticizing Communist party in China, found guilty in US of nine criminal coun…
- Communism, Global development, India, Inequality, Internet, Literacy, South and Central Asia, Technology, World news
Kerala is rolling out free broadband for its poorest citizens. What’s stopping your government? | Oommen C Kurian
The pandemic showed us how digital divides worsen inequality - this project shows they’re not inevitableDigita…
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‘We in the west were blinded’: China crackdown on business has Maoist roots
‘Anti-spying’ raids on consulting firms and attacks on tech companies are being driven by party ideology, says…
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‘Truth is one of our rights’: victims of Indonesia’s bloody past want more than regret from their president
After Joko Widodo acknowledged the mass killings of 1965-66, victims say compensation is the next stepIta Nadi…
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‘The authorities will step up control’: where next for China after protests?
After mass demonstrations against Covid lockdowns, experts say Xi Jinping’s response will be a further gradual…
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China brings in ‘emergency’ level censorship over zero-Covid protests
Crackdown on virtual private networks, which protesters used to access banned non-Chinese news and social medi…
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Bao Tong, former top aide of Chinese leader Zhao Ziyang, dies at 90
Senior Communist party official jailed over Tiananmen democracy movement became one of party’s most vociferous…