Communism
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Xi Jinping’s pilgrimage to ‘red Mecca’ brings back the Mao factor
Yan’an is where Mao Zedong definitively – and brutally – stamped his supreme authority on China’s Communist pa…
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Xi Jinping tightens grip on power as China’s Communist party elevates his status
Party amends constitution to enshrine Xi at its core and his political thought as its underpinning ideologyChi…
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Xi Jinping opens Chinese Communist party congress with warning for Taiwan
President supports peaceful reunification but will ‘never promise to renounce use of force’ as speech launches…
- Asia Pacific, China, Communism, Hong Kong, Human rights, Mao Zedong, Nancy Pelosi, Taiwan, World news, Xi Jinping
The most powerful man in China since Mao: Xi Jinping is on the brink of total power
The Communist party will this week confirm Xi as China’s most powerful leader since Mao. What will his extende…
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China’s Communist party to hold congress set to cement Xi’s rule
Xi Jinping expected to be given third term and be anointed as country’s most powerful leader in decadesChina’s…
- Africa, Asia Pacific, China, Cold war, Communism, Egypt, Espionage, Ghana, Indonesia, Israel, Middle East and North Africa, Politics, Russia, UK news, World news
Secret British ‘black propaganda’ campaign targeted cold war enemies
Britain stirred up tensions, chaos and violence in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, according to declassified…
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Watching a film about communism, I realised I had been lied to as a child in China
I was taught that Mao and Lenin’s followers were always the heroes of history. This movie showed me you could …
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UK’s propaganda leaflets inspired 1960s massacre of Indonesian communists
Pamphlets attacked the president and foreign ministerShocking new details have emerged of Britain’s role in on…
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China attacks ‘US-style democracy’ prior to Biden summit
Beijing highlights virtues of its own one-party model in slew of scathing criticisms of western systemChina ha…
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Guests at a Kerala wedding included Marx and Lenin. Guess the groom’s name?
Newlywed Engels was also joined by Ho Chi Minh at southern India ceremony highlighting popularity of communist…
- Asia Pacific, Cold war, Communism, Espionage, GCHQ, Indonesia, UK news, UK security and counter-terrorism, World news
Revealed: how UK spies incited mass murder of Indonesia’s communists
Newly declassified papers show shocking role played by Britain in slaughterA propaganda campaign orchestrated …
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Microsoft to shut LinkedIn in China amid Beijing tech clampdown
Company cites ‘challenging operating environment’ in announcing site will be replaced with jobs app without so…
- Asia Pacific, China, Chinese economy, Communism, Focus, Mao Zedong, Tiananmen Square protests 1989, World news, Xi Jinping
The Chinese Communist party: 100 years that shook the world
As China marks the centenary of its ruling party, we examine key episodes in its tempestuous history, includin…
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LinkedIn blocks profiles from view in China if sensitive topics mentioned
Networking site tells users that references to Tiananmen Square, even as academic study, are prohibited conten…
- Asia Pacific, China, Communism, Freedom of speech, Hong Kong, Human rights, Law, Protest, World news
Agnes Chow: activist leaves jail as China says Hong Kong ‘pawn in geopolitics’
Key figure in 2019 anti-government protests was imprisoned for more than six months under national security la…