but now Deng was on his knees being screamed at by the Red Guards, the fanatical foot soldiers of the wildest social experiment ever to hit modern China: the Cultural Revolution. The Cultural ...

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution — Why is it called “cultural ... For the sake of the struggle against the Liu faction bureaucrats, the Red Guards went everywhere to link up with one another ...

Mao’s Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution has all but destroyed ... Mao peasants was reported gathering—and daring Mao’s Red Guards to come and fight them. Wall posters announced the ...

Red envelopes, known as hongbao in Mandarin, are a cherished cultural tradition in China and many other parts of Asia. In China, the vibra ...

As Lunar New Year approaches, the once-endangered folk tradition of stilt walking is undergoing something of a revival in China — with Beijing’s encouragement.

(The literal translation, “Little Red Book” was also the nickname of the collection of Mao Zedong’s sayings that Red Guards used to justify atrocities during the Cultural Revolution).

After the fall of the Assad regime, Syrians grasp for answers and a path to restoration under new president Ahmed al-Sharaa.

Mao’s Cultural Revolution survivor Lily Tang Williams voiced her concerns in May 2024 about the emergence of neo-Marxist tendencies in American education institutions. She noted that student-led ...

The release of more than 100 Palestinian prisoners as laid out in the Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal had been in doubt after crowds in southern Gaza surrounded hostages who were being freed.

Eagerly-awaited as one of the star projects of the new Nordic Gateway strand of the Göteborg Film Festival, a new section connecting international features to Nordic partners, “Honor of Persia,” the ...

Pump Park Vintage Photography/Alamy The Aletsch Glacier in Switzerland’s Bernese Alps is the mightiest mass of ice in Europe. Covering a staggering 66 square miles (171sq km) it has always attracted ...