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On August 14, 1949, Mao Zedong, the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), publicly criticized three distinguished scholars of the Republic of China (Taiwan): Hu Shih, Qian Mu, and Fu Sinian. Each of these individuals brought a profound understanding of the CCP, but the spotlight here falls on Fu Sinian’s critical insights. Fu Sinian: ...
The Chinese government has banned homeschooling in China. However, this has not stopped a few parents from educating their kids at home. Naturally, the trend makes Beijing worried since homeschooling would end up producing educated adults whose minds have not been wholly brainwashed with the communist ideology from childhood. China’s homeschooling “In 2017, for ...
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) espouses that its ideology produces the highest good for society. However, there is a big difference between what the CCP and people from the rest of the world classify as “good.” And the difference basically originates from the clash between Beijing’s “socialism with Chinese characteristics” vs. the Western idea of ...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently stated that he wants the American government to step up its fight against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He was speaking at a gala dinner organized by the conservative think tank, the Hudson Institute. Confronting China “They (CCP) are reaching for and using methods that have created challenges ...
Imagine a country that gets so scared by the type of clothes you wear that the police arrest you. In North Korea, this is considered normal. The government has classified certain clothes as “anti-socialist,” as they apparently threaten societal harmony. ‘Dangerous’ fashion “These days, the Central Committee [of the Korean Workers’ Party] has said they ...
Chinese school students will soon be discussing stock markets and trading opportunities as the government has decided to make investment education a part of the curriculum. The subject will be taught in primary and middle schools, but won’t be made compulsory. Investment education in schools “The Ministry of Education will work to incorporate securities and ...
The year 2019 is an important one for China. It was 30 years ago that the Tiananmen Square massacre took place. Sixty years ago, the Tibetan Buddhists were crushed by the Chinese army and their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama had to flee to India. Seventy years ago, communist China was established. Being an important ...