From Reuters AlertNet: Ahead of the 60th anniversary of the end of World War Two, China’s Communists have qualified their claim that the Nationalists, who ruled the country at the time, had little to do with fighting the invading Japanese… The Communists issued a circular in May, acknowledging that the “entire nation” defeated Japan, departing […]
Read MoreFrom AP, via CBSNews.com: The managers of an illegal coal mine in China hid the bodies of 17 dead miners after a gas explosion earlier this month and underreported the accident death toll, the official Xinhua News Agency said Thursday. Officials at the Jiajiapu Coal Mine in central Shanxi province reported 19 miners had died […]
Read MoreFrom The Guardian Unlimited: Police carrying out a nationwide crackdown on gambling in China have detained or arrested more than 702,000 people, including 1,617 government officials, since the beginning of the year, the government has said. The report by the official Xinhua news agency was the latest in a series of updates on the crackdown. […]
Read MoreFrom The Globe and Mail: It could be the biggest mass-indoctrination campaign that China has experienced since the Cultural Revolution. Over the next year, more than 55 million Chinese people will be inculcated with Communist Party ideology in a series of Maoist-style “study sessions” and “self-criticisms.” It’s believed to be the most ambitious and far-reaching […]
Read MoreFrom The Scotsman: CHINA is seeking to revive the spirit of the Communist revolution with a “Red Tourism” drive celebrating the hardship endured by Mao Zedong’s followers on the legendary Long March in a network of theme parks. “Wear the clothes of the Red Army! Sing the songs of the Red Army! Eat the food […]
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