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How #MeToo Divided NYC’s Chinese Democracy Movement
The Nation· 2 days agoS. was excited to meet Cai Chongguo, a Chinese dissident who was exiled to France for participating in the Tiananmen Democracy movement in 1989, but that...
Opinion | What Trump Looks Like to Historians
New York Times· 4 days agoMr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality. When historians and political scientists rank...
The scenic garden that became China’s secretive seat of power
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 day agoOn a screen wall recessed behind the entrance way, Chinese characters written in Mao’s own...
‘The Apprentice’ filmmakers get cease and desist letter from Trump's legal team: Everything we know...
Yahoo Movies· 1 day agoTrump's team called the film “garbage” and has sent filmmakers a cease and desist letter. Meanwhile,...
The Fragile Fraternity of China and Russia | by Nina L. Khrushcheva - Project Syndicate
Project Syndicate· 6 days agoIn December 1949, Mao Zedong flew to Moscow to meet Joseph Stalin. The leader of the new People’s...
President Xi’s purging of Communist officials: Stunning similarities with Stalin
Investing.com· 5 days agoHaving grown up in a political environment, Xi is well-versed in the workings of the ...of China....
What's behind China-Taiwan tensions?
BBC via Yahoo News· 4 days ago(ROC), which began ruling with the consent of its allies, the US and UK. But in the next few years a civil war broke out in China, and then-leader Chiang...
Xi Jinping’s Recipe for Total Control: An Army of Eyes and Ears
New York Times· 2 days agoReviving a Mao-era surveillance campaign, the authorities are tracking residents, schoolchildren and...
Famous Evil Faces and Their Favorite Movies
MediaFeed via AOL· 20 hours agoRight: Wikipedia/Fair Use Mao Zedong (Mao Tsé-Tung) Known for: The founder of the People's Republic of China Favorite Movie: "Fist of ...
Xi Jinping revives decades-old playbook to supercharge China’s surveillance state
BizPac Review· 1 day ago“Fengqiao” is a reference to a town in China where Mao-era residents were encouraged by the party to “re-educate” their neighbors through public humiliation and insults.