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A critical analysis of Mao’s achievements – Part 2

Julia_M September 30, 2025 No Comments Chinese History (Books)Historical China BiographiesPolitical Leader Biographies

Thongdao, an obscure town in southern Hunan, is where Mao started in December 1934 to play a prominent role in the ultimate victory over the…

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A critical analysis of Mao’s achievements – Part 1

Julia_M September 29, 2025 No Comments Chinese History (Books)Historical China BiographiesPolitical Leader Biographies

Why is Mao revered and celebrated by so many when he is responsible for the “two political disasters” of the Great Leap Forward and the…

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When The Red Gates Opened – Part 1

Julia_M September 8, 2025 No Comments Asian American StudiesAsian PoliticsEconomic Conditions (Books)Economic History (Books)General China Travel GuidesHistorical China Biographies

Unless you are Arundhati Roy, whose memoir on her relationship with her difficult but distinguished mom, ‘Mother Mary Comes to Me’ (published 2025), was reviewed…

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The Three Kingdoms and Chiang Kai-shek

Julia_M August 4, 2025 No Comments Chinese History (Audible Books & Originals)Chinese History (Books)Historical China Biographies

It is a well-known fact that Chiang Kai-shek is steeped in the Chinese classics. One wonders, therefore, whether this famous quote from the Three Kingdoms…

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Buddhism in China – Part 2

Julia_M June 10, 2025 No Comments Buddhist History (Books)Chinese History (Books)Historical China Biographies

During and post-Mao Under Mao, all religions, including Buddhism, were regarded as “feudal superstitions.” After Mao died, Deng Xiaoping allowed the restoration of religious sites…

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Inside the Life of Madame Mao

Julia_M April 30, 2025 No Comments Chinese History (Books)Historical China BiographiesWomen's Biographies

Madame Mao by Ross Terrill is the only English-language biography of Jiang Qing, the last wife of Chairman Mao. First published in 1984, the one…

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The Tiananmen Papers – Part 3

Julia_M March 3, 2025 No Comments Asian PoliticsChinese History (Books)Communism & Socialism (Kindle Store)Historical China BiographiesHistory of ChinaHuman Geography (Books)

The Tiananmen Papers are fake documents. So asserts Alfred L Chan, [author of Xi Jin Ping, HC 2022 ed] [see p 277 Deng Xiao Ping…

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The Tiananmen Papers – Part 2

Julia_M February 25, 2025 No Comments Asian PoliticsChinese History (Books)Communism & SocialismGeneral Elections & Political ProcessHistorical China BiographiesHistory of ChinaHuman Rights (Books)Political Advocacy BooksPolitical Leader Biographies

Are the Tiananmen Papers fake? Ezra F. Vogel, in his monumental Deng Xiao Ping and the Transformation of China [2011], has the best discussion. He…

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On Xi Jin Ping – Part 6

Julia_M January 16, 2025 No Comments Asian PoliticsChinese History (Books)Civics & Citizenship (Books)Historical China BiographiesNationalism (Books)Political Leader Biographies

One of the gems in this book is Rudd’s careful analysis of why Xi Jin Ping has deliberately departed from Deng Xiao Ping’s famous 24-character…

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On Xi Jin Ping – Part 5

Julia_M January 15, 2025 No Comments Asian PoliticsChinese History (Books)Civics & Citizenship (Books)Historical China BiographiesNationalism (Books)Political Leader Biographies

Xi Jin Ping became the paramount leader of China in 2012. What is remarkable is that when he took office, he already had a vision…

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