Stalinism while it was in vogue
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Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari “In the 1940s and early 1950s, many people throughout the world believed Stalinism was the wave of the future. It had won World War II,…
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History Repeats Itself Because Dictatorships Are Predictable
Commander Pavel Rychgov was a highly decorated Soviet pilot, having fought on the Chinese side against Japanese occupation just before he embarked on even more heroic missions during WW2. He…
Brothel Politics
Unlike most of his colleagues, historian Chen Yin Que aka Chen Yin Ke 陈寅恪(1890-1969) was spared the worst that communism had inflicted on Chinese intellectuals after 1949. During the Cultural…
Fall of a Philanthropist
In 1991, Zhou Xiu Zhen, the students’ favourite teacher at a school in Yilong County, Sichuan Province suddenly resigned. Her husband Chen Jia Guo, also a teacher, was shocked. Without…
Floods In China
Natural disaster or an obsession with megadams and overconstruction?
Our Footballer, Your Hero
I’m sure that Hassan Sunny didn’t expect; not in his wildest dreams that he could be called a 门神 by Chinese football fans. As a goalkeeper for the lions, he…
C919 国产大飞机 Really 国产?
The Comac C919 is a narrow-body airliner developed by Chinese aircraft manufacturer Comac. The development program was launched in 2008. Production began in December 2011, with the first prototype being…
Protest And Get Famous
Here is a clueless supporter of the CCP who, like many Palestinian supporters, have no idea what he is supporting or protesting against. We see him in this video harassing…
Evergrande Dance Troupe (disbanded)
林丹丹, 白珊珊, 钱香香 (haha) , 徐雯雯，陈婷婷，马莎莎，蒋露露，吴娜娜，齐媛媛 etc top performers in Mr Xu Jiayin’s Evergrande Dance Troupe (now disbanded). The names tell you something about Mr Xu and his backers’ fetishes.…
The Truth About Nakba
Those who don’t have time to read books should watch this video. Of course, a lot happened after the events mentioned in the video but here are some simple background…