Please go here for Part 1 On Christmas night, December 25, 1991, Gorbachev signed his last executive decree as President of the Soviet Union and resigned as Supreme Commander of the Soviet Armed Forces. Over the Kremlin, the “hammer and sickle” flag representing communism had disappeared entirely, and the once flamboyant and mighty Soviet “empire” ...
Please go here for Part 2 Mikhail Gorbachev, the legendary and famous Russian political figure, wielded significant influence in the second half of the 20th century. Unfortunately, he passed away from illness at 91 on August 30, 2022. The fall of the Berlin Wall, the dramatic opening up and changes in Eastern Europe, and the ...
“Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.” – Confucius This is a story from the compilations in Liezi, an ancient Chinese philosophical text, about how having a heart of sincerity can create miracles. There was an elderly farmer with a heart of sincerity named Shangqiu Kai whose family was impoverished and often suffered from ...
This is a story about devout thought from the compilations in Liezi, an ancient Chinese philosophical text. An elderly farmer was named Shangqiu Kai. His family was impoverished and often suffered from hunger. One day, two men from the wealthy family of Fan Zihua stayed at Shangqiu’s house as guests. In their chat, they said that ...
Please go here for Part 1 From 2007 to 2012, when the now disgraced Bo Xilai was CCP Secretary of the municipality of Chongqing, he launched a massive “strike down” campaign. Under the pretext of suspected underworld crimes, he corruptly charged and arrested a group of private entrepreneurs and confiscated hundreds of billions of yuan ...
Jade is a type of precious stone, but it is considered to have the warmth of water. More than 8,000 years ago, the ancestors of the Chinese people began to advocate the benevolent properties of the stone. Initially, it was considered the vehicle for communication between God and the people. The pictograph for jade (玉) ...
Everyone in the literary and nonacademic world is familiar with Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), usually referred to as Leo Tolstoy. He is affectionately known throughout the world simply as Tolstoy. The Russian author Tolstoy is considered one of the world’s greatest novelists. Gorky, another Russian writer, once said: “It is impossible to know Russia without ...
Please go here for Part 1 Following the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) seizure of power in 1949 and the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), there have been many defections in which CCP military officers have risked their lives to flee communist China and escape to the Republic of China (Taiwan) with their ...
Please go here for Part 2 Following the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) seizure of power in 1949 and the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), there have been many defections in which CCP military officers have risked their lives to flee communist China and escape to the Republic of China (Taiwan) with their ...
Please go here for Part 2 Why are decent-minded billionaires in Mainland China harassed and jailed? Dr. Wang Youqun, a writer for a former member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CCP), analyzed that there are four crises faced by the rich in Mainland China. The CCP’s ...
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