China’s role in Soviet policy-making
Why should we want to read yet another book about the collapse of the Soviet empire? In To Run the World, Sergey Radchenko attempts an answer
Mao zedong
Wednesday
Thursday
Russia and China have never been equal partners
But the Sino-Soviet relationship has been wholeheartedly revived
Sunday
Chinese society is rapidly militarising
Companies have been setting up their own volunteer armies — workplace militias not widely seen since the 1970s
Monday
Why Taiwan is pulling down statues of Chiang Kai-shek
Domestic political issues that resonate there nearly always lead back to big brother across the water
Saturday
No, the war in Gaza is not like Vietnam
Back then, there was no self-loathing
Sunday
Xi’s iron fist is hurting China’s economy
The country wants foreign investment while attacking foreign companies
Monday
Xi Jinping is acting like Stalin
Washington finds itself waiting to see where the history-altering blow from China will fall
Wednesday
The Cultural Revolution is still a part of China today
Red Memory and Victims of the Cultural Revolution reviewed
Tuesday
A Chinese invasion of Taiwan is coming
The recent Communist Party congress and other signs show Xi is preparing for war
Friday
The great Chinese puzzle: how to adapt the language to modern communication technologies
Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern by Jing Tsu reviewed
Wednesday
How Mao’s medicine made modern China
History repeats itself, said Marx, first as tragedy and then as farce. And when it comes to the world’s latest pandemic, China and the coronavirus are no historical exception. ‘Mao’s Flu Strikes’, The Observer declared in November 1968. ‘200,000 people are ill with Mao’s Flu in Rome’, the paper reported, ‘and the epidemic is expected to grow in the next few weeks.’ While sixties’ Brits may have sidestepped today’s loo roll stockpiling, the ‘Mao Flu Panic’ was soon high on people’s minds. By its conclusion in 1969, Mao flu – now known historically as ‘Hong Kong flu’ – had killed around one million people worldwide, including 100,000 in the US
