カテゴリー: Communism
Yan’an is where Mao Zedong definitively – and brutally – stamped his supreme authority on China’s Communist party. Experts explain how Xi continues to shape himself as today’s embodiment of the ‘great leader’Xi Jinping’s next decade in power will see C…
Party amends constitution to enshrine Xi at its core and his political thought as its underpinning ideologyChina’s president, Xi Jinping, has strengthened his power as leader and elevated his status within Communist party (CCP) history, with major poli…
President supports peaceful reunification but will ‘never promise to renounce use of force’ as speech launches event likely to grant him third five-year termXi Jinping celebrated China’s crushing of Hong Kong’s autonomy and warned Taiwan that the “whee…
The Communist party will this week confirm Xi as China’s most powerful leader since Mao. What will his extended term of office mean for the country and for its neighbour Taiwan?This week in Beijing, Xi Jinping will preside over one of his country’s gre…
Xi Jinping expected to be given third term and be anointed as country’s most powerful leader in decadesChina’s ruling Communist party will begin its 20th congress on 16 October, state media has reported, a meeting at which President Xi Jinping is expe…
Britain stirred up tensions, chaos and violence in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, according to declassified papersThe British government ran a secret “black propaganda” campaign for decades, targeting Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia with l…
I was taught that Mao and Lenin’s followers were always the heroes of history. This movie showed me you could view them with fear and hatredI was born in north-east China in a province that was particularly heavy-handed with party propaganda. I learned…
Pamphlets attacked the president and foreign ministerShocking new details have emerged of Britain’s role in one of the most brutal massacres of the postwar 20th century.Last year the Observer revealed how British officials secretly deployed black propa…
Beijing highlights virtues of its own one-party model in slew of scathing criticisms of western systemChina has launched a campaign to discredit what it calls US-style democracy in advance of the first of Joe Biden’s two “summits of democracy” later th…
Newlywed Engels was also joined by Ho Chi Minh at southern India ceremony highlighting popularity of communist namesMarx, Lenin and Ho Chi Minh gathered in southern India at the weekend to watch Engels tie the knot.But there wasn’t a German, Russian or…
Newly declassified papers show shocking role played by Britain in slaughterA propaganda campaign orchestrated by Britain played a crucial part in one of the most brutal massacres of the postwar 20th century, shocking new evidence reveals.British offici…
Company cites ‘challenging operating environment’ in announcing site will be replaced with jobs app without social networking featuresMicrosoft says it will shut down LinkedIn in China, citing a “challenging operating environment” as Beijing tightens c…
As China marks the centenary of its ruling party, we examine key episodes in its tempestuous history, including the Long March, Mao’s purges and Xi Jinping’s rise to the top of an emerging superpowerAnyone visiting First Meeting Hall in Shanghai, the m…
Networking site tells users that references to Tiananmen Square, even as academic study, are prohibited contentLinkedIn is blocking profiles from being viewed inside China if they mention politically sensitive topics such as the Tiananmen Square massac…
Key figure in 2019 anti-government protests was imprisoned for more than six months under national security law imposed by mainland ChinaThe Hong Kong democracy activist Agnes Chow has been released from jail after serving more than six months for tak…