At the height of the Cultural Revolution, people quickly learned that survival often meant keeping their distance — …
HistoryEditor's Pick
©2025 Nspirement. All Rights Reserved.
Tag:
cultural revolution
-
-
ChinaEditor's Pick
Zhang Xueliang and the Xi’an Incident: The Decision That Changed China’s History
by Mikel Davisby Mikel DavisHistory often turns on a single decision made under pressure. In modern Chinese history, few moments demonstrate this …
-
HistoryEditor's Pick
A 19-Year-Old Student Who Defied Mao Zedong and Survived the Cultural Revolution (Part 2)
by Mikel Davisby Mikel DavisWang Rongfen was 19 years old when she wrote a letter directly to Mao Zedong condemning the Cultural …
-
HistoryEditor's Pick
A 19-Year-Old Student Who Defied Mao Zedong and Survived the Cultural Revolution (Part 1)
by Mikel Davisby Mikel DavisOn May 8, 1958, Mao Zedong addressed senior Communist Party officials at a meeting of the Party’s Eighth …
-
ChinaEditor's Pick
How China’s Famous Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant Survived the Cultural Revolution
by Mikel Davisby Mikel DavisA sentimental retelling of Quanjude’s 10 years between life and death When Peking duck is mentioned, almost no …
-
Chinese CultureEditor's Pick
The Man Who Dissected Mao’s Soul: Inside the Banned Book about Mao Zedong’s Moral Legacy
by Hermann Rohrby Hermann RohrThe debate over Mao Zedong’s moral legacy is often reduced to statistics and political slogans; however, Lu Di’s …
-
Chinese CultureEditor's Pick
Excavating the Ming Tombs: A Legacy of Curses and Misfortune (Part 4: The Opening of Dingling)
by Helen Londonby Helen LondonThe book Wind and Snow Over Dingling — The Opening of the Underground Palace tells a chilling story …
-
ChinaEditor's Pick
How the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Destroys Family Bonds and Humanity
by Mikel Davisby Mikel DavisIn modern Chinese history, some events have been deliberately erased by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) because they …
-
As early as 1945, Fu Sinian (1896-1950), a renowned Chinese educator, historian, and linguist, predicted that if the …
-
Insights & StoriesEditor's Pick
2 Piano Prodigies, 2 Fates: The Lives of Fu Cong and Gu Shengying
by Mikel Davisby Mikel DavisIn the mid-20th century, two gifted pianists from Shanghai rose to international acclaim — Fu Cong (also known …
Newer Posts