On a quiet beach in Xiamen, the sound of gunshots shattered the air. A young life came to …
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HistoryEditor's Pick
Betrayed by the CCP After Saving Thousands: The Tragic Fate of Legal Scholar Yang Zhaolong
by Mikel Davisby Mikel DavisAt the end of 1948, as the Chinese Civil War neared its conclusion, Yang Zhaolong, a distinguished legal …
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Entrepreneur Hu Liren’s Awakening to the Political Persecution in China
by Emma Luby Emma LuHu Liren, born in 1967 in Shangyu, Zhejiang — one of China’s wealthiest rural areas — rode the …
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According to the Chinese Cultural Revolution Library (third edition), on April 20, 1968, Lu Hongen and 14 other …
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Lu Hongen, conductor of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, was the first high-profile intellectual to be publicly executed during …
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The Unyielding Spirit of Xu Hongci: From a Rising Communist Star to a Fugitive of the State (Part 2)
by Mikel Davisby Mikel DavisThe Cultural Revolution erupted in 1966 and Xu Hongci became one of the first to be persecuted. Every …
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HistoryEditor's Pick
The Unyielding Spirit of Xu Hongci: From a Rising Communist Star to a Fugitive of the State (Part 1)
by Mikel Davisby Mikel DavisXu Hongci was once a shining star within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), so admired that his reputation …
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Happiness is politicians who don’t fear assassination, and protesters who don’t fear suppression. The rich have no fear …