By Tim Graham | November 15, 2014 | 5:16 PM EST
The New York Times reported a scandal when a collection of Nazi memorabilia caused a senior Human Rights Watch analyst to be suspended in 2009. Continue reading
By Tim Graham | November 15, 2014 | 5:16 PM EST
The New York Times reported a scandal when a collection of Nazi memorabilia caused a senior Human Rights Watch analyst to be suspended in 2009. Continue reading
Mao ‘Little Red Book’ Exhibit Spurs NY Times To Hail China For Better ‘Taste’ Than US In the 1960s已关闭评论
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By BEN MACINTYRE NOV. 7, 2014
Credit Asaf Hanuka
Many years ago, the F.B.I. coined an acronym, MICE, to describe the motivations of the spy. Continue reading
November 8, 2014
Erik Kirschbaum
Balloons mark anniversary of Berlin Wall
Thousands of balloons, tracing the path where the former Berlin Wall once stood, are released into the air, in a symbolic gesture marking the collapse of the Cold War barrier, 25 years on.
Berlin balloons soar away in tribute to fall of the wall
East and West German citizens celebrate as they climb the Berlin wall at the Brandenburg Gate on November 9, 1989. Photo: Reuters
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East German officer Harald Jaeger explains why he opened the Berlin Wall已关闭评论
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RICHARD BERNSTEIN11.05.14
A riveting account of the watershed moment in America’s dealings with China that forever altered the course of East-West relations.
As 1945 opened, America was on surprisingly congenial Continue reading
China 1945:Mao’s Revolution and America’s Fateful Choice已关闭评论
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January 16, 2013
The most famous maverick teacher in China.
Photo from YouTube user Stephen Thompson.
If you were to attend one of Yuan Tengfei’s Continue reading
Tienchi Martin-Liao:Yuan Tengfei: A Free Spirit in Darkness已关闭评论
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Posted: 08/25/2014 1:02 pm EDT Updated: 08/25/2014 3:59 pm EDT
DENG XIAOPING MIKHAIL GORBACHEV
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SHANGHAI — August 22 marked the anniversary of Deng Xiaoping’s birth 110 years go. Though Continue reading
Zhang Weiwei:My Personal Memories as Deng Xiaoping’s Interpreter: From Oriana Fallaci to Kim Il-sung to Gorbachev已关闭评论
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HARRY W.S. LEE 09.02.14
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A man walks on the Marco Polo Bridge in Beijing. On July 7, 1937, Japanese troops attacked the bridge, also known as Lugou Bridge, at the outskirts of Beijing. Continue reading
April 10, 2013
Communist propaganda heroes and their political purpose, then and now. Continue reading
Tienchi Martin-Liao:Lei Feng’s Specter Still Hovers Over Mainland China已关闭评论
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