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Dreams of a 'broken up' Russia might turn into a nightmare for the West – and an opportunity for China

Do names on a map matter? When they are in border territories, the answer is probably “yes.”

The Conversation

Red Memory by Tania Branigan audiobook review – tracing the scars of China’s Cultural Revolution

Sons denounce mothers, students attack teachers: firsthand accounts from those caught up in Mao’s ruthless ideological purge during the 60s and 70s

The Guardian - UK

Tania Branigan’s Red Memory wins 2023 Cundill history prize

The Guardian writer’s book explores the traumatic legacy of Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution through those that experienced it

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November 7 as Victims of Communism Day—2023

I have long advocated using May 1 for this purpose. But November 7 is a worthy alternative candidate, which I am happy to adopt if it can attract a broad consensus.

Reason

The Maoist Roots of Xi’s Economic Dilemma

Beijing needs domestic consumers to spend more, but the Chinese president’s ideology is getting in the way.

Foreign Policy

Far-Left Support for Hamas is not an Aberration

It's rooted in a long history of defending horrific mass murder and other atrocities.

Reason

Li Keqiang, a former premier of China who was edged aside by Xi Jinping, has died

Li was groomed for leadership, and was seen at one point as a contender for China's top job, only to be pushed aside as Xi Jinping ascended.

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Is Taiwan a country or not?

Defining what is and isn’t a country is a lot more complicated than many people would realize. Take the case of Taiwan.

The Conversation

The Guardian view on disappearances in China: silence sends a sinister message

Editorial: Several senior officials have conspicuously vanished. But it is ordinary people, especially Uyghurs, who are most vulnerable

The Guardian - UK

Why are China’s workers studying ‘Xi Jinping Thought’?

Chinese leader’s writings are becoming a topic of discussion among employees at banks and state-owned enterprises.

Al Jazeera

G20 summit: Xi Jinping’s 'no-show' marks shift from statesman to China ‘emperor’

BEIJING: President Xi Jinping began his third term with a diplomatic blitz that bolstered his image as a global statesman. Now, he’s set to skip the world’s premier international forum of world leaders — and it’s not exactly clear why.

The Times of India

Isabel Crook obituary

Canadian anthropologist who joined Mao Zedong’s rural revolution and stayed on to build a ‘new China’

The Guardian - UK

What history can teach us about A.I.’s Great Leap Forward

Everything is possible for A.I. because so little has happened. And like China's potential in the 1950s, the possibility for growth appears unbounded.

Fortune

Olympic swimming in the Seine highlights efforts to clean up city rivers worldwide

One year out from the 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic games, Paris has announced it will reopen the River Seine for swimming competition and then allow public swimming, ending a century-long ban. This ban was in place to stop people immersing themselves in river waters polluted by stormwater, sewage and…

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The 'Mao suit': how a military-style uniform changed the face of China – and clothed Australian prisoners during the Korean War

In the collection of the Australian War Memorial there is a photograph of four men in a North Korean prisoner of war camp, taken in the winter of 1952-3. Australian airman Ron Guthrie is in the group. He had been in captivity since August 1951.

The Independent UK

China's sharp-tongued foreign minister is ousted, but his combative style is expected to continue

China’s sharp-tongued foreign minister, Qin Gang, was something of an avatar for nationalist Communist Party leader and President Xi Jinping, warning of “conflict and confrontation” with the U_S_, the stakes of which could be the “future of humanity.”

Bangkok Post

Return of Russia warlords stokes memories of China

The turmoil in Russia unleashed by Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner Group has drawn rapt attention in capitals throughout the world, but probably nowhere more so than in Beijing. The reason is not only that Russia is a trusted partner for China, but also that there are clear historical parallels between Russia…

The Conversation

Sorry prime minister, Joe Biden was right – Xi Jinping really is a ‘dictator’

It’s not every day that a New Zealand prime minister takes China’s side in a disagreement between Washington and Beijing over whether the leader of China is a dictator.

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China targets ‘unity in thought’ with campaign on Xi’s philosophy

Millions of party members are learning the finer points of Xi Jinping Thought to advance China’s ‘great rejuvenation’.

The Week

Communism explained in 60 seconds: ideas that changed the world

In this series, The Week looks at the ideas and innovations that permanently changed the way we see the world.

Tribune News Service

Looking into China's recent past to learn about the state of the world

NONFICTION: Tania Branigan looks at how the Cultural Revolution still affects China — and beyond.

The Guardian - UK

‘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 academic Chris Marquis

The Guardian - UK

‘Man of 1,000 faces’ wins Deutsche Börse photography prize

Samuel Fosso scoops £30,000 award for performative self-portraits of historical figures including Angela Davis and Mao Zedong

WEKU

'Red Memory' aims to profile people shaped by China's Cultural Revolution

Tania Branigan, once China correspondent for the Guardian, makes the strongest English-language effort yet to reconstruct what it was like to live through, and then with, this part of Chinese history.

The Guardian - UK

In new battle for the Pacific, US and China force regional states to take sides

Xi Jinping’s aggressive stance and ‘wolf-warrior’ diplomacy drive the Philippines and other vulnerable countries into Washington’s arms

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