Since his ascension to the top of the Party in 2012, Xi Jinping has shown little tolerance for “historical nihilism,” a catch-all term for critical appraisals of the Party’s rise and rule. The Party made a concerted push to...
Adam Century followed the route of the Communists’ legendary retreat across 11 provinces in...
In nearly 9,000 words at The Globe and Mail, Mark MacKinnon recounts his recent 22-day train journey around China, loosely following the course of Mao’s Long March. He met officials and protesters, nailhouse residents and...
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Al Jazeera begins a series of special reports in the run-up to October 1: One of the key episodes of the war was the so-called Long March, when Mao led his forces on a strategic military retreat through harsh terrain to evade...
NPR profiles the daughter of a Red Army officer, who traced his steps on the Long March to understand his experience: It wasn’t until she went on her own long march, where she talked to people and farmers along the trail,...
The Los Angeles Times looks at how the history of the legendary Long March is being rewritten, as the few remaining survivors begin to die off: Several controversial new histories have also cast light on the watershed event, many of them critical of Mao. Historians now put the distance of the march at 6,000 miles, […]
From Reuters: Chinese President Hu Jintao appealed on Sunday to 70 million members of his ruling Communist Party to show solidarity, almost a month after ousting a political ally of predecessor Jiang Zemin. Hu made the call on Sunday in his first joint public appearance with Jiang since the September 24 dismissal of Chen Liangyu […]
From Sina Website via Jin Qian Website, translated by CDT: Several Beijing websites held a seminar at the well-known revolutionary town Zunyi(Èŵ‰πâ). Seminar participants took a tour of the revolutionary monuments, and commemorated the spirits of red army heros. Guizhou Province Propaganda Ministry deputy chief Yao Yuan announced the opening of the “China Long March […]
From the Christian Science Monitor (link): For China, it’s Paul Revere’s ride and Washington crossing the Delaware in one. The Luding Bridge battle is the most famous moment in the Long March, itself the defining legend of modern China. The Red Army is hotly pursued in 1935. Soldiers hoof it 24/7 for 140 miles. They […]
The Long March Project, originally launched in 2002, has begun a new phase: May 1, 2005, led by Long March Chief Curator Lu Jie, the Long March team arrived at the Beijing’s West Train Station to send off artist Qin Ga. Three years prior, as the Long March team daily made its way forward on […]
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