DOGE’s rampage through institutions has parallels in China’s Cultural Revolution
I survived Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party’s purges. What's happening now reminds me of the CCP’s Central Cultural ...
Wall Street Journal1d
When Beijing’s Bullies Come to Town
The Chinese Communist Party has a long history of repressing dissent, perhaps most brutally during Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution (1966-76). Since Xi Jinping took power in 2013, the regime’s ...
Elon Musk Shared, Then Removed a Post Absolving Dictators for Genocide
The post falsely claimed that Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Mao Zedong were not responsible for the murders of millions of ...
Futurism on MSN20d
Chinese People Keep Comparing Trump's Authoritarianism to Mao and Xi Jinping
The political atmosphere of modern-day China may seem like it has nothing in common with the United States circa 2025 — but according to some, we have more in common than you'd think. As the New York ...
The Economist16d
American politics prompt some Chinese to explore historical taboos
It is difficult in China to discuss the horrors of the Cultural Revolution openly ... by fanatical gangs unleashed by Mao Zedong, is skated over in official histories. Under Xi Jinping the ...