President Nixon’s visit to China in 1972 was the beginning of the end for Hong Kong as an oasis in China’s red desert.
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The Rise and Fall of China’s One-Child Policy. 4. Collateral Damage
The policy had catastrophic negative effects. Now it has been officially abolished, but damages will continue for decades.
The Rise and Fall of China’s One-Child Policy. 3. Did It Work?
The claim that the policy “prevented 400 million births” has been unanimously rejected by scholars as false.
The Rise and Fall of China’s One-Child Policy. 2. From “Later, Longer, and Fewer” to “One Child”
Poster of 1975 (“before” the one child policy was enacted) promoting the birth control campaign. Source: chineseposters.net.
The Rise and Fall of China’s One-Child Policy. 1. Malthus, Marx, and Mao
Marx denounced Malthus’ enforced birth control as capitalist oppression. Mao could not but agree with Marx—but later changed his mind.
China’s National Religious Groups Joint Conference: “Preach the Two Sessions”
The important gathering of the government-controlled religious bodies called for an emphasis on the latest documents of the regime in sermons and study groups.
The Persecution of Yiguandao in China and Martial-Law Taiwan. 3. A Comparison with Other Instances of Anti-Cult Repression
While Yiguandao’s persecution ceased, other groups had problems in post-authoritarian Taiwan. In China, Yiguandao was never really free.
The Persecution of Yiguandao in China and Martial-Law Taiwan. 2. Repression in Taiwan, 1951–1987
Many Yiguandao followers escaped to Taiwan fleeing Mao’s persecution. But the Kuomintang regime persecuted them, too.
The Persecution of Yiguandao in China and Martial-Law Taiwan. 1. Persecution in China
For number of those arrested and executed, the crackdown on Yiguandao in Mao’s China was the largest repression of a single religious group in the history of the People’s Republic.
Who Is Xi Jinping? The Answer Is in a Comic Book
A graphic novel in French by Éric Meyer and Gianluca Costantini turns out to be one of Xi’s best biographies.