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With the approach of Spring Festival, the most important Chinese celebration, Du Honggang, a 58-year-old farmer in Tianjin, has begun to stock up on goods for the Chinese New Year and make plans to celebrate festival with his family of seven, wishing for good health and more income in the Year of the Snake.随着中国最重要的节日——春节的临近，天津58岁的农民杜洪刚已经开始为中国新年囤货，并计划与家中七口人一起庆祝节日，祈愿在蛇年身体健康、收入更多。Standing in front of his house, Du couldn't help but recall this time last year, when President Xi Jinping walked into the yard and chatted with the family while holding the hands of Du's 85-year-old mother.站在自家门前，杜洪刚不禁回想起去年这个时候，习近平主席走进院子，拉着他85岁老母亲的手，与他的家人亲切交谈的情景。Months before Xi's visit, the family had faced challenges when their cornfields and vegetable patches, totaling more than half a hectare, were inundated by a huge flood in the Haihe River Basin that severely affected the village's primary industry, agriculture, in late July 2023.2023年7月底，在习近平到访前几个月，海河流域发生特大洪水，导致该村主要产业——农业受灾严重，杜洪刚一家总面积超过半公顷的玉米地和蔬菜田遭受水淹，家庭面临困境。Despite the hardships, Du was able to quickly restore production with the help of reconstruction funds. When Xi visited the family, the celery that Du had planted in September with government-provided seedling funds was about a month away from harvest.尽管困难重重，但在重建资金的帮助下，杜洪刚得以迅速恢复生产。2023年9月，他在政府提供的种苗资金支持下种植了芹菜。当习近平到访时，这些芹菜还有一个月左右就能收获了。"When I saw President Xi walking toward our house, my heart was beating so fast because it was the first time that we saw him in person," Du said.“当我看到习近平主席朝我们家走来时，我的心跳得很快，因为这是我们第一次亲眼见到他，”杜洪刚说道。"The president told us that a country is prosperous only when its people live in peace," Du recalled, adding that Xi also said in the village square that the affairs of ordinary people are very important.“主席告诉我们，只有人民安居乐业，国家才能繁荣昌盛，”杜洪刚回忆道，并补充说，习近平还在村广场上表示，普通百姓的事都非常重要。The practice of Chinese leaders spending time with ordinary households before Spring Festival has been a tradition for years. Since being elected general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee in 2012, Xi has visited the homes of ordinary people across the country before Spring Festival.中国领导人春节前走访普通家庭的做法已成多年传统。自2012年当选中国共产党中央委员会总书记以来，习近平每年春节前都会走访全国各地的普通家庭。Such visits allow the Chinese leader to interact directly with people and listen to their concerns, in order to gather firsthand information on social issues and public sentiment, experts said.专家表示，这种走访让中国领导人能够直接与人民群众交流，倾听他们的关切，从而收集关于社会问题和公众观点的一手信息。They noted that this tradition reflects the CPC's people-centered development philosophy and the leadership's commitment to improving people's well-being.他们指出，这一传统体现了中国共产党以人民为中心的发展理念，以及领导层对提高人民福祉的承诺。Xi's first such tour took place in February 2013, when he embarked on a journey across hills and bumpy roads in northwestern China's Gansu province to visit villages that were situated in a challenging natural environment.习近平第一次春节走访发生在2013年2月，当时他翻过丘陵，沿着崎岖山路来到中国西北部的甘肃省，走访了当地自然环境恶劣的村庄。During the tour, Xi asked villagers whether they had enough food, sufficient subsistence allowances, and access to medical and educational resources.走访期间，习近平询问村民是否有足够的粮食和生活补助，以及能否获得医疗和教育资源。In 2020, as China approached the deadline for eradicating absolute poverty, Xi visited Li Fashun's house in Simola Wa, a village in Southwest China's Yunnan province, ahead of Spring Festival.2020年，中国临近全面消除绝对贫困的期限。春节前，习近平走访了中国西南部云南省司莫拉佤族村村民李发顺的家。Li, the main provider for a family of six, had been nearly paralyzed in a car accident in 2010. Through the "targeted poverty alleviation" initiative put forward by Xi in 2013, Li's family was among the 16 households that successfully lifted themselves out of poverty in the country's anti-poverty campaign in 2017, elevating the entire village above the poverty line.在这个六口之家里，李发顺是家里的主要经济支柱，但2010年他因车祸几乎瘫痪。由于2013年习近平提出了“精准扶贫”政策，包括李发顺一家在内的村里16户家庭在2017年全国扶贫行动中一起成功脱贫，全村也因此整体脱贫。Talking to Li and his fellow villagers, Xi said, "I wish your village of happiness even more happiness." In the local Wa language, Simola means "place of happiness".在与李发顺及村民们交谈时，习近平说：“祝你们幸福村更加幸福”。在当地佤语中，“司莫拉”意为“幸福的地方”。As more tourists began visiting the village following Xi's visit, Li transformed his house into a farm stay in 2021, offering visitors a taste of local specialty dishes and snacks. "Rice cakes like those made by General Secretary Xi during his visit are particularly popular," Li said.习近平到访后，越来越多的游客开始来到这个村庄。2021年，李发顺将自家房屋改造成民宿，为游客提供当地特色菜肴和小吃。“总书记到访时做的大米粑粑特别受欢迎，”李发顺说。Last year, the family earned annual income of more than 150,000 yuan ($20,480). "Now we are leading a content life without having to leave our home," he said.去年，李发顺一家年收入超过15万元（20480美元）。他说：“现在我们不用离开家乡就能过上满意的生活。”Xi has emphasized on many occasions that the CPC never forgets that the ultimate goal of pursuing reform and development is to ensure that people live better lives.习近平多次强调，中国共产党始终牢记，改革发展的最终目的就是让人民过上更好的生活。In his 2025 New Year message delivered on Dec 31, Xi told people across the country that "of all the jobs in front of us, the most important is to ensure a happy life for our people".12月31日，习近平发表2025年新年贺词，他向全国人民表示，“家事国事天下事，让人民过上幸福生活是头等大事”。"We should work together to steadily improve social undertakings and governance, build a harmonious and inclusive atmosphere, and settle real issues, big or small, for our people. We must bring more smiles to our people and greater warmth to their hearts," Xi said.“我们要一起努力，不断提升社会建设和治理水平，持续营造和谐包容的氛围，把老百姓身边的大事小情解决好，让大家笑容更多、心里更暖，”习近平说。Icelandic Sinologist Ragnar Baldursson said that the CPC's people-centered philosophy has remained unchanged since "serving the people wholeheartedly", which originated with a speech by the late Chairman Mao Zedong, became the motto of the CPC.冰岛汉学家拉格纳尔·鲍德松表示，中国已故主席毛泽东在讲话中提到“要全心全意为人民服务”，此后，这句话就成为了中国共产党的根本宗旨，中国共产党以人民为中心的理念也始终未变。"I think this philosophy can be traced back to Mencius, who advocated a famous saying about the importance of people. That is, the people rank the highest, the land comes next and the ruler counts the least," Baldursson said.鲍德松说：“我认为这一理念可以追溯到孟子，他有一句关于人民重要性的名言，即‘民为贵，社稷次之，君为轻'。”According to the ancient Chinese philosopher Mencius (372-289 BC), a governor exists for the sake of giving the people peace and wealth. A ruler who neglects responsibility to the people, or even misuses power and oppresses the people, could be overthrown by the people.中国古代哲学家孟子（公元前372年—公元前289年）认为，统治者的存在是为了给人民带来和平与富裕。如果一个统治者忽视其对人民的责任，甚至滥用权力欺压人民，那么人民就会推翻他。"Only when the government values its people and puts its people first, will the people trust the government. This is what is happening in China," Baldursson added.“只有当政府重视人民并把人民放在首位时，人民才会信任政府。这就是中国正在发生的事情，”鲍德松补充道。Guo Daojiu, a professor at Tianjin-based Nankai University's Zhou Enlai School of Government, said that the nature and purpose of the CPC eventually led it to place the people at the center, so all the Party's work is aimed at serving the interests of the people.南开大学周恩来政府管理学院教授郭道久表示，中国共产党的性质宗旨最终决定了其必须将人民放在中心位置，人民利益是中国共产党一切工作的出发点和落脚点。"The CPC has been guiding its behavior with a people-centered philosophy in its longtime practice. Placing the people at the center is the worldview, values and methodology of the Party in governing the country," Guo wrote in an opinion piece published in Tianjin Daily.“在长期实践中，中国共产党始终坚持以人民为中心的行为方式。以人民为中心是党治国理政的世界观、价值观和方法论，”郭道久在《天津日报》发表的一篇评论文章中写道。bumpyadj.颠簸的

By the early 1940s, the Communists in Yan'an were feeling relatively secure. The Japanese advance in north China had not reached that area. The Sino-Japanese War and the United Front meant that Chiang Kai-shek's main concern had been Japan and not the Communist Party. The Nationalist Government in China even funded the Communists in Yan'an.Thousands of recruits flocked to Yan'an.Chairman Mao Zedong used this opportunity to consolidate his leadership of the Communist Party of China. The term Mao Zedong Thought was first introduced and a cult of personality built around Chairman Mao. Mao became the ideological leader of the Chinese Communists. Wang Ming and the 28 Bolsheviks were criticized for Factionalism. Wang Shiwei was purged and executed for criticizing Mao and the "big men" in Yan'an. Intense self-criticism and public criticism sessions re-educated Communists to rebuild them into loyal, obedient Communists with a fighting spirit. This was the first Rectification Campaign, but it was not the last.Major source: Gao, Hua. (2018). How the Red Sun Rose: The Origins and Development of the Yan'an Rectification Movement, 1930–1945. The Chinese University of Hong Kong PressImage source: "In Memory of the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Publication of Chairman Mao's Splendid “Talks at the Yan'an Forum on Literature and Art” (纪念毛主席的光辉著作《在延安文艺座谈会上的讲话》发表三十周年)" by Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, UofT is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The roots of China's space ambitions go back to 1957 when the Soviet Union successfully launched the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik-1, into space. That year, Chairman Mao Zedong declared China would also launch its own satellite. With the help of Soviet technology and scientists such as Qian Xuesen, who studied and initially worked in the United States but was deported for allegedly being a communist sympathiser, the country established its space programme. In July 1964, China took its first official step into space, launching and recovering an experimental biological rocket carrying white mice. In this episode of All Things Policy, Rakshith Shetty quizzes Dr Gunjan Singh on China's Space Program. From its historical roots to future ambitions, join us for expert insights and analysis on one of the most exciting frontiers of modern exploration. Do check out Takshashila's public policy courses: https://school.takshashila.org.in/courses We are @‌IVMPodcasts on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram. https://twitter.com/IVMPodcasts https://www.instagram.com/ivmpodcasts/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/ivmpodcasts/ You can check out our website at https://shows.ivmpodcasts.com/featured Follow the show across platforms: Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, JioSaavn, Gaana, Amazon Music .Do share the word with your folksSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

At a high-end reception marking the 60th anniversary of China-France diplomatic ties in downtown Beijing on Thursday, both President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron delivered video speeches and voiced hopes on taking the relations to a greater height.Xi said that looking ahead to the next 60 years, China and France will work together to create greater glories.When asking both sides to unswervingly develop bilateral relations, Xi set a clear goal of "responding to the uncertainties of the world with the stability of China-France relations".Among the members of the European Union, France is China's third-largest trading partner and third-largest source of actual investment. China is France's top trading partner in Asia and seventh-largest in the world.Over the past 60 years, the annual bilateral trade volume has soared more than 800-fold to reach $81.2 billion in 2022.In terms of mutually beneficial bilateral cooperation, Xi said Beijing and Paris should deepen traditional cooperation and "actively tap the potential of cooperation in emerging areas" such as green industry and clean energy.He emphasized the need to "keep making the cake bigger" and "use openness to pool the strength of cooperation and share development opportunities".Regarding cooperation on the international stage, Xi said the two sides should jointly advocate an equal and orderly multipolar world and inclusive economic globalization that benefits all, and "make further China-France contributions to maintaining world peace and stability and addressing global challenges".He referred to two major events on the agenda this year as "opportunities" — the China-France Year of Culture and Tourism and the Paris Summer Olympic Games, voicing hopes on expanding cultural exchanges and fostering bonds between the two peoples.In his video address, Macron said the Year of Culture and Tourism should be used as an opportunity for closer interaction between the two peoples, especially young people, in order to cement the foundations for the future of France-China relations.The two countries today "have the responsibility to build on the ambitious goals established in 1964" and jointly build a partnership that "meets the needs of both peoples and contributes to world peace and stability", he said.Paris is ready to work hand in hand with Beijing to "tackle global challenges and contribute to the resolution of international crises", he added.When addressing the reception, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China and France "are both major countries with a sense of global responsibilities", they both advocate multilateralism, and they should lead the steady long-term growth of China-EU ties.Beijing will "offer more convenience" for foreign investors including those from France, and Paris is expected to shape a fair, just and predictable business environment for Chinese businesses, he added.French Ambassador to China Bertrand Lortholary said Paris will work with Beijing to further realize the consensus reached by the two heads of state and carry forward the great momentum of bilateral ties.In their video speeches, both presidents noted the fact that in 1964, Chairman Mao Zedong and General Charles de Gaulle pushed for the establishment of diplomatic ties.Xi defined this as "a major event in the history of international relations", saying that the two great statesmen "opened the gate toward China-West contacts and cooperation, bringing hope to a world in the midst of the Cold War".He praised China-France relations over the past 60 years as "always marching on the forefront of China's relations with Western countries", and he endorsed the "China-France spirit" of independence and self-reliance, mutual understanding, foresight and mutual benefit.In face of the changes in the new era, China and France should honor their original aspiration for forging their relations, "actively face the future and dare to make a difference", Xi said.Reporter: Zhang Yunbi

In 1978, first division football side, West Bromwich Albion F.C., became the first professional British club to visit communist China. The visit came as the communist country wanted to improve relations with the West after the death of Chairman Mao Zedong. The team played five exhibition matches, including one against the Chinese national team in Beijing in front a crowd of 90,000 people. Alex Last spoke to West Brom legend, Brendon Batson, about his memories of the historic tour. (Photo: The team sightseeing at the Great Wall of China. Credit: BBC)

Listen as Dr. Eric Hyer, retired professor of political science and Coordinator of Asian Studies at the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies at Brigham Young University, discusses his time studying in Taiwan, experience with the foreign service, research regarding Chinese border disputes, and thoughts on political leadership in China.    How does the One China Policy maintain peace on both sides of the Taiwan Strait? How can the U.S. avoid war with China amid rising tensions and worsening relations? How does President Xi Jinping's leadership of the Chinese Communist Party compare with Chairman Mao Zedong? Learn all this, and more, in this episode of In the Interest of National Security.  

President Xi Jinping has reiterated the need to follow the principles of "mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation" in dealing with relations between China and the United States, saying that Beijing is willing to work with Washington to explore the right way for both countries to coexist based on such principles.Xi made the remarks in a meeting with former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger in Beijing on Thursday.Kissinger, who celebrated his 100th birthday in May, has visited China more than 100 times since his first, secret trip to the country in 1971, which began the normalization of China-US relations.His visit came with expectations of a potential shift in the strained China-US relationship amid a series of high-level official engagements between the two countries. US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry concluded his visit to China on Wednesday. In recent weeks, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made his first trip to China in his current capacity, followed by US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.During the meeting, Xi said that 52 years ago, China and the US were at a crucial juncture. At that time, Chairman Mao Zedong and Premier Zhou Enlai, as well as then US president Richard Nixon and Kissinger himself, with their extraordinary strategic vision, made the right decision for China-US cooperation, he said."It was also in July in the same place — Villa No 5 of Diaoyutai State Guesthouse — that you and Premier Zhou Enlai had a meeting, starting the normalization process of the two countries' relations," Xi said, adding that the 1971 meeting was of far-reaching historic significance."The Chinese people value friendship, and they never forget their old friend, nor your historic contributions to promoting the growth of China-US relations and enhancing friendship between the two peoples," Xi said.Noting that the world is undergoing major changes unseen in a century and that the international landscape is experiencing significant shifts, the president said, "China and the US have once again come to a crossroads, which requires another decision by the two sides about where to go from here."China and the US can help each other succeed and prosper together, Xi said, and "the key is to follow the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation".Based on these principles, the Chinese side is willing to explore the right way for both countries to coexist and push forward steady progress in China-US relations, he said, adding that this will benefit both sides and the entire world."It is hoped that you and wise individuals in the United States will continue to play a constructive role in steering China-US relations back onto the right track," Xi said.Kissinger, expressing appreciation to Xi for meeting with him at the historic Villa No 5 venue, said, "The relationship between our two countries is crucial to world peace and the progress of our societies."In the current situation, Kissinger said, it is important to abide by the principles set out in the Shanghai Communique and understand the utmost importance of the one-China principle for China.The Shanghai Communique was an important diplomatic document jointly issued by China and the US on Feb 28, 1972, during Nixon's visit to China. The document, together with two other joint communiques released by the two countries in December 1978 and August 1982, is considered to be the political foundation of China-US relations.Su Xiaohui, deputy director and associate research fellow of the Department for American Studies at the China Institute of International Studies, said that Kissinger's secret visit to China in 1971 was an unforgettable, crucial moment in the development of China-US relations.Currently, the China-US relationship is going through a difficult phase — perhaps at its lowest point in history, Su said, and it is important for the US to apply the same diplomatic wisdom as Kissinger to make progress in improving bilateral ties.If the US would adopt a more constructive approach, it would be possible to stabilize the China-US relationship, she added.Reporter: Cao Desheng

Madame Mao was one of the most powerful women in modern Chinese history. But she left behind a trail of many thousands of graves. As one of the Gang of Four, her violence and acts of revenge had no limits. In hindsight, her ruthlessness propelled her to power and   downfall.Support the show: https://www.aljazeera.com/podcasts/hindsight/

Whenever Xi Jinping grabs more power for himself, critics compare him to Chairman Mao Zedong. But is it a fair comparison?The Economist's Beijing bureau chief, David Rennie, and senior China correspondent, Alice Su, discuss to what extent Xi is emulating Mao's strongman approach or whether Liu Shaoqi, China's one-time president, provides a better model to understand Xi's political ambitions.Sign up to our weekly newsletter here and for full access to print, digital and audio editions, as well as exclusive live events, subscribe to The Economist at economist.com/drumoffer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on The Learning Curve, Gerard and guest cohost Jay Greene discuss the history of modern China with Dr. Frank Dikötter, author of the People's Trilogy, a landmark study of the impact of Communism on the ordinary people of China. Dr. Dikötter discusses Chairman Mao Zedong, the Chinese Communist revolution, the Great Leap Forward, China's economic ascent under Deng Xiaoping, and the hard realities that the U.S. and the West must understand as they seek to engage with the rising economic and military power that is modern China. Prof. Dikötter closes the interview with a reading from his book, China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower.

By the early 1960s, Chairman Mao Zedong's campaign to modernise Communist China had ended in disaster. Known as the Great Leap Forward, it resulted in turmoil on such a scale that many had begun to question Mao's authority. In response, he set out to claim absolute political supremacy by launching a grassroots movement called the Cultural Revolution. A decade of terror ensued that would permanently alter the fabric of Chinese society, and result in the deaths of up to 2 million people. But what exactly happened during this decade of madness, and what can we learn from those who lived through it? Dan is joined by Tania Branigan, author of Red Memory: Living, Remembering and Forgetting China's Cultural Revolution, to explore the Cultural Revolution and how it has shaped China today.Produced by James Hickmann and edited by Dougal Patmore.If you'd like to learn more, we have hundreds of history documentaries, ad-free podcasts and audiobooks at History Hit - subscribe to History Hit today!Download the History Hit app from the Google Play store.Download the History Hit app from the Apple Store. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's Monday, February 6th, A.D. 2023. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I'm Adam McManus. By Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com) Young Muslim woman in Indonesia comes to Christ Ruth, a 26-year-old Indonesian woman, was born into a Muslim family where 86% of the people follow the false god known as Allah. Since 2009, she has had a vivid, recurring dream.  She would walk up a hill, over and over again, feeling very tired. Later, in junior high school, the dream came again for two weeks. Except this time, she said, “I was not alone—I walked with a man. But when I woke up, I did not feel tired.” When she told the dream to a new Christian friend at school, the Christian girl said, “I think I know that man.”  After showing her a picture of what some painters believe Jesus looked like, Ruth said, “Yes! Who is He?” That prompted the curious Muslim girl to secretly buy and read a Bible, reports International Christian Concern. After graduating from high school, she worked in a beauty clinic in Jakarta where she took off her hijab, or Muslim head covering, because she felt uncomfortable theologically with it. In October 2019, while Ruth was scrolling on TikTok, she saw a quote from a church. It said, “You did not choose Me, but I chose you (John 15:16).” Intrigued, she started attending that church “without anyone knowing that I was a Muslim.” After learning more, she trusted Christ and was baptized in December 2019. After finding her Bible though, her mother discovered that Ruth had converted to Christianity, and kicked her out of the home. Today, living with a friend, she quoted Matthew 19:29 in which Jesus says, “Everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for My sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.” According to Open Doors, Indonesia is the 33rd most difficult country to be a Christian. Please pray for other Muslims to accept Jesus Christ as their Savior as Ruth did. French Senate ready to enshrine abortion in the Constitution On February 3rd, the French Senate passed a draft law to include abortion in the Constitution, by a close vote of 166 votes in favor and 152 against, reports Evangelical Focus. Although the Senate Law Commission had rejected the text of the draft law last week, this time the new wording of the text convinced a majority. Philippe Bas, senator of the Republicans, presented the new text, which changes the term “right” for “freedom.” Here is the text. “The law determines the conditions under which a woman's freedom to terminate her pregnancy is exercised.” Biden belatedly shoots down Chinese spy balloon On Saturday, President Joe Biden belatedly authorized a military fighter jet, off the coast of South Carolina, to shoot down a Chinese spy balloon with a missile, reports Reuters.  It fell into the Atlantic Ocean. The balloon entered U.S. airspace in Alaska on January 28 before moving into Canadian airspace on Jan 30. It then re-entered U.S. airspace over northern Idaho on January 31. U.S. officials did not publicly disclose the spy balloon's presence over the United States until February 2nd. The Chinese spy balloon traveled over sensitive military sites including the Malmstrom Air Force Base in Cascade County, Montana where there are some 150 silos for intercontinental ballistic missiles, including the nuclear-capable Minuteman III. China condemned the military strike, saying the balloon was used for meteorological purposes, and that it had strayed into U.S. airspace "completely accidentally.” Those claims were flatly dismissed by U.S. officials. Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Republican Senator Tom Cotton of  Arkansas, a member of the Intelligence Committee, blasted President Biden for his belated response. SEN. TOM COTTON: “What began as a spy balloon has become a trial balloon, testing President Biden's strength and resolve. And unfortunately, the president failed that test. And that's dangerous for the American people. The president was paralyzed for an entire week by a balloon. “We should have shot this balloon down over the Aleutian Islands. We should have never allowed it to transit the entire continental United States. And I think there's a lot of open questions that the administration needs to answer to Congress on behalf of the American people about why they didn't. “I think part is the president's reluctance to take any action that will be viewed as provocative or confrontational towards the Chinese Communists. I would say what's provocative and confrontation is sending a spy balloon all across America.” As a result of the brouhaha, Secretary of State Antony Blinken postponed his visit to China last week that had been expected to start on Friday. Bill Maher: Similarities between "Woke Revolution" & Mao's Cultural Revolution On Friday's broadcast of the HBO show called “Real Time,” host Bill Maher, a liberal who has increasingly told the truth, likened America's "woke revolution" to the Chinese Cultural Revolution, reports RealClearPolitics.com. In his monologue, he said we've embraced the "re-education" policies under Chairman Mao Zedong. MAHER: “Yesterday, I asked ChatGPT, 'Are there any similarities between today's woke revolution and Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution of the 1960s?' And it wrote back, 'How long do you have?'” (laughter) "Because, in China, we saw how a revolutionary thought he could do a page-one rewrite -- of humans. Mao ordered his citizens to throw off the four “olds” -- old thinking, old culture, old customs, and old habits. So, your whole life went in the garbage overnight. No biggie. And those who resisted were attacked by an army of purifiers called the Red Guard who went around the country putting dunce caps on people who didn't take to being a new kind of mortal being. A lot of pointing and shaming went on. Oh, and about a million dead. And the only way to survive was to plead insanity for the crime of being insufficiently radical and then apologize and thank the State and of course, submit to re-education, or as we call it here in America, freshman orientation." (laughter) Proverbs 12:17 says, “He who speaks truth tells what is right.” South Dakota House passes ban on ‘gender transitions' for minors And finally, South Dakota is one step closer to eliminating dangerous transgender drugs and mutilating surgeries for youth, reports LifeSiteNews.com. Last Friday, the South Dakota House passed a ban on chemical castration and cosmetic reproductive surgeries for minors in an overwhelming 60-10 vote. Close And that's The Worldview on this Monday, February 6th, in the year of our Lord 2023. Subscribe by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

How has China become the economic superpower that it is today? The decades since the death of Chairman Mao Zedong have seen an unprecedented economic transformation, but how has this been achieved? And how credible is the idea that China's long-term, strategic vision is the key to the nation's future? Dan is joined by historian Frank Dikötter, a specialist in modern China and author of China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower, to find out how China has changed, and where it might be going.Produced by James Hickmann and edited by Dougal Patmore.If you'd like to learn more, we have hundreds of history documentaries, ad-free podcasts and audiobooks at History Hit - subscribe to History Hit today!Download History Hit app from the Google Play store.Download History Hit app from the Apple Store. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Great Leap Forward in mid-twentieth-century China was not as great as it might sound. In this documentary podcast, Kristina Zhu speaks with members of her family about their experiences living in Communist China and hears what life was like during the reign of Chairman Mao Zedong.

It's Monday, November 7th, 2022 and welcome to the November edition of Hills Review -- the High School East Student Podcast. October 11 was National Coming Out Day and this year, members of High School East's Gay Straight Alliance shared an inspiring display with the entire school community. On Tuesday, Rachel Neuman shares several interviews she conducted with organizers of an event that not only celebrates individuals choosing to come out as an LGBTQ+ person, but also inspires all people to come out in support of schools that are safe, nurturing and free from anti-LGBTQ+ bullying and harassment. Fear is a natural, powerful, and primitive emotion that can provide protection or hold you back from doing the things you want to do. Everyone is afraid of something in their life, so this Wednesday, we ask students at High School East: what makes you afraid? The Great Leap Forward in mid-twentieth-century China was not as great as it might sound. On Thursday, Kristina Zhu speaks with members of her family about their experiences living in Communist China and hears what life was like during the reign of Chairman Mao Zedong. On Friday, Madison Miller and Courtney Brecher discuss Matt Haig's The Midnight Library – a novel centered around a library where the books provide readers the chance to experience lives they could have lived. Hills Review is produced by members of the Filmmaking and Podcasting Club. If you are interested in becoming a contributor, see Mr. Beatty in room 216. Thanks for listening – and remember to follow us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Following in the footsteps of Chairman Mao Zedong, one of the most brutal communist leaders the world has seen, is history about to repeat itself with Xi Jinping? In this special report, we look at what Xi Jinping's third term means for China and the world, what America can expect going forward, and if the free world is about to be embroiled in war. Joining us to help shed light on this topic are China economic analyst Antonio Graceffo; Jon Pelson, author of “Wireless Wars: China's Dangerous Domination of 5G and How We're Fighting Back”; and Bradley Thayer, founding member of the Committee on the Present Danger: China and co-author of “Understanding the China Threat.” ⭕️Watch in-depth videos based on Truth & Tradition at Epoch TV

Chairman Mao Zedong swam in the Yangtze River on 25th July, 1966. Despite being in his Seventies, the leader was said by party propagandists (and hence every newspaper in China) to have set a world-record pace of nearly 15 km in 65 min.  This piece of political theatre showed the world that the public face of the Chinese Communist party was in robust physical shape (despite reports in the West to the contrary), and reset Mao's image in China after his disastrous ‘Great Leap Forward' had claimed the lives of millions of people.   In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly unpick the symbolism of this iconic event; explain how Mao leveraged the publicity to reconsolidate his power; and reveal what Mao got VERY wrong about sparrows…  Further Reading: • ‘The Chairman's Historic Swim' (TIME, 1999): http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2054250,00.html • ‘Power of symbolism: The swim that changed Chinese history' (SupChina, 2021): https://supchina.com/2021/07/14/power-of-symbolism-the-swim-that-changed-chinese-history/ • ‘This photo triggered China's Cultural Revolution' (Vox, 2020): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXByOrRrO7c&feature=emb_ti For bonus material and to support the show, visit Patreon.com/Retrospectors We'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts: podfollow.com/Retrospectors The Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill. Theme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Sophie King. Copyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

China is a one-party state governed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). But are they actually a communist (or socialist) country? On this episode of Today I Learned, we explore China's massive growth over the past three decades, the difference between Chinese socialism and Capitalism, the ups and downs of embracing the free market and how do the youth and working class people in China feel about the revolutionary figure, Chairman Mao Zedong. We're joined by Zhun Xu, Associate Professor of Economics, John Jay College and Graduate Center, CUNY. Interestingly, while Zhun Xu lives and teaches in the US now, he was born and grew up in China. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Narrator Catherine Ho immediately captivates in Vanessa Hua's original and intriguing story. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile's Sandi Henschel discuss this historical fiction audiobook set during China's Cultural Revolution about teenager Mei Xiang, who becomes Chairman Mao Zedong's lover. Ho's voice bristles with energy as Mei, who is happy to leave her dull farm life behind when she's selected as part of a dance troupe bound for the capital. Because of her revolutionary zeal, Mei attracts the Chairman's attention. Ho's descriptions from Mei's point of view reflect her growing awareness of the politics of the period. Her stellar performance adds to this thoroughly enjoyable historical fiction. Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile's website. Published by Random House Audio. Find more audiobook recommendations at audiofilemagazine.com Support for AudioFile's Behind the Mic comes from PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE AUDIO, dedicated to producing top-quality fiction and nonfiction audiobooks written and read by the best in the business. Visit penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/audiofile now to start listening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author Vanessa Hua talks about her new novel, "Forbidden City," about a teenage girl from a small village who is selected to serve the Communist Party and Chairman Mao Zedong at the start of the Cultural Revolution in China. And, the draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade cites a tradition of laws criminalizing abortion. But that's not the whole history, history professor Leslie Reagan explains.

Chairman Mao Zedong is a case study in good intentions going straight to hell when power and narcissism combine. In yet another episode of "This Old Narcissist", we look at the rise of the Communist Party in the People's Republic of China and how sparrows are clearly the harbingers of all bad luck so we should destroy them. Fan mail, hate mail, entries from your dream diary...we want them all! Email questions, comments, and topic suggestions to info@ireadathing.com or visit us at ireadathing.com. You can also subscribe and message us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram. Opening and closing music: "A Magical Journey Through Space" by Leonell Cassio, licensed under a Creative Commons License. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ireadathing/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ireadathing/support

The hosts unravel the lives and legacies of two Chinese dictators; Chairman Mao Zedong and current President of China Xi Jinping. They discuss Mao's involvement in the creation of the Chinese Communist Party, the Chinese civil war fighting the Nationalists, the world war fighting the Japanese, his brutality in taking control of China, the millions of deaths in his Great Leap Forward and the hysteria and horror of the Mao's Cultural Revolution. They also discuss President Xi Jinping's suffering under Mao, his ascension to the top of the CCP, the genocide of the Uyghur people, the attempted cover up of the coronavirus outbreak, his crackdown on Hong Kong and future plans for Taiwan. These two dictators battle it out in Round 19 of the knock-out tournament to determine the single greatest dictator of all time. One of these two dictators will be eliminated from the tournament and the other will remain in contention to be crowned history's biggest dictator.

红色旅行 全家出游 国庆出行人数激增︱Red tourism, family outings fuel holiday travel surgeThe National Day holiday saw a surge in tourism, as people unleashed a strong demand for traveling that was suppressed over the summer holiday due to sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks.暑假期间，零星暴发的新冠疫情抑制了人们对出行的强烈需求。到了国庆，各地游客人数激增。Data from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism showed on Thursday that domestic attractions received about 515 million trips over the seven-day break, from Oct 1 to Thursday.经文化和旅游部数据中心测算，10月1日至7日，全国国内旅游出游5.15亿人次。The total number of trips is roughly 70 percent of the number during the same period in 2019, before the pandemic hit.国内出游人次恢复至2019年，即疫前同期的70.1%。The ministry said that revenue of about 389 billion yuan ($60.3 billion) was generated over the holiday, roughly 60 percent of that in 2019.此外，国庆期间，各市场实现国内旅游收入3890亿元（合约603亿美元），恢复至疫前同期的60%。Travel agencies said they have seen an increase in tour package reservations after their businesses had a hard time during the summer. Red tourism, in which people visit sites with historical significance for Communism in China, and tour products focusing on appreciating autumn scenery and family trips are popular.各旅行社表示，夏天是旅游淡季，生意不景气。此后，成团旅行的预订量有所增加。游览爱国主义教育基地等历史性纪念地的“红色旅游”、以全家出行，欣赏秋日美景为主的旅游路线受备受热捧。The travel portal Fliggy said in a new report that sales at its platform of tickets for attractions registered a 100 percent increase in the first three days of the holiday compared with the same period last year.国内旅游平台“飞猪”在一份新报告中称，10月1日至3日，景点门票的销售额比起去年同期增长了一倍。The Universal Beijing Resort took the top slot on holiday travelers' wish list, followed by Shanghai; Chengdu, Sichuan province; and Chongqing, according to Fliggy.据“飞猪”平台显示，在游客的国庆旅行愿望单中，北京环球影城排名第一，上海排名第二，成都市和重庆市分居第三与第四。According to online travel agency Qunar, the top 50 theme parks, including Shanghai Disney Resort and Chimelong Tourist Resort in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, saw a 20 percent average increase in ticket sales.线上平台“去哪儿旅行”公布的数据显示，国内排名前五十，包括上海迪士尼乐园和广州长隆旅游度假区在内的主题公园，门票销量平均增长20%。Travelers also showed an increasing preference for Red tourism, as the National Day holiday this year marked the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.2021年的国庆，标志着中华人民共和国成立72周年，越来越多的游客开始选择红色旅游。Data provided by Trip.com Group, an online travel services provider, show that family trips to Red tourism attractions experienced a 30 percent rise at its platform compared with the same period last year. Destinations including Beijing; Yan'an, Shaanxi province; and Changsha, Hunan province were the most popular Red tourism attractions, it said.据“携程”集团统计，该平台上选择红色旅游路线全家出行的数量同比增长30%。其中，北京、陕西延安、湖南长沙是最受欢迎的红色旅游景点。Yuan Lili, who is from Anhui province, said it was a good time to take her child to learn the history of the Communist Party of China and pay tribute to martyrs who made their great contribution to the nation's founding.一名来自安徽的旅客说，借着国庆假期，正好带孩子了解中国共产党的历史，向为建国献身的烈士们致敬。"We went to Shaoshan (in Hunan) on Sunday, which is the birthplace of Chairman Mao Zedong, and then traveled to Changsha for two days," she said.这名旅客表示：“周日去了毛主席的出生地湖南韶山，然后又去了长沙两天。”suppress英 [səˈpres]；美[səˈpres] vt.压制；禁止；抑制；忍住sporadic英 [spəˈrædɪk]；美[spəˈrædɪk] adj. 零星的；偶现的；断断续续的pay tribute to英 [peɪ ˈtrɪbjuːt tu]；美[peɪ ˈtrɪbjuːt tu] v. phrase致敬；讴歌；赞美

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to world-renowned communist philosopher Slavoj Zizek, author of ‘Heaven in Disorder'. He discusses the ‘disorder under heaven' quote by Chairman Mao Zedong and why he has turned it on its head for the title of his new book, the ideological civil war in the USA, the failure of liberalism and the rise of conspiracy theorists and anti-vaxxers, the US defeat in Afghanistan and how Western armies have become mercenaries for those in power, the polarisation of society into conspiracy theorists versus experts, the need for a transnational dialogue transcending ideologies to confront the 21st century's biggest problems, the climate emergency now being ‘five minutes past midnight', and much more! Finally, we speak to Enter Shikari's Rou Reynolds, author of ‘A Treatise on Possibility: Perspectives on Humanity Hereafter'. He discusses how his book tries to intrigue a younger audience rather than to bludgeon them with ideological dogma, how so many of society's ills stem from neoliberalism and the primacy of the profit motive, the climate crisis and how governments haven't grabbed big oil and the fossil fuel industry ‘by the balls', Extinction Rebellion and the crackdown on protests by Boris Johnson's government, and much more!

Today is a triple threat, with liberalism, atomic warfare, and paper tigers, oh my! We cover Combat Liberalism, The Chinese People Cannot be Cowed by the Atom Bomb, and US Imperialism is a Paper Tiger. Intro music is a Chinese version of the Internationale.

Roger is a former diplomat, development banker, and capital market development advisor, who twice served in the British Embassy in Beijing, and is the author of the highly acclaimed Coming Alive: China After Mao, which explained how Deng Xiaoping won the struggle to succeed Chairman Mao Zedong and what he would do with his power. He has recently published a provocative new book China Coup: The Great Leap to Freedom. In the podcast, we talk about: Why China is outwardly strong and inwardly weak The debt and efficiency problems of the state sector The role of corruption The centralisation of power around President Xi How a top-down coup could occur in China The role of the US in forcing regime change How COVID has impacted the Chinese political structure Why China is more fragile today than in the past Books that influenced Roger: The Bible and Capitalism and Freedom (Friedman)

Caregiver support groups were forced to go virtual because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But this helped some caregivers of loved ones with dementia find support for the first time. KJZZ's Kathy Ritchie has the story. And, as NPR's Emily Feng reports, China is promoting "red tourism" — visiting Communist Party historical sites that venerate Chairman Mao Zedong, and increasingly, the country's current leader Xi Jinping.

Ten years after the revolutionary blockbuster Beginning of the Great Revival was released, a new film, tracing the formation of the Communist Party of China 100 years ago, is set to open on Thursday.在革命大片《伟大复兴的开端》上映十年后，一部追溯100年前中国共产党形成的新电影将于周四上映。Veteran filmmaker Huang Jianxin, who co-directed the movie with Han Sanping, had often pondered on revisiting the history with a more human-interest and dramatic tune. And, with the release of 1921－the biggest tribute film to mark the centenary of the Party－the 67-year-old auteur has fulfilled his wish.与韩三平共同执导这部电影的资深电影人黄建新经常考虑以更有人情味和戏剧性的风格来重温这段历史。随着《一九二一》--纪念建党一百周年的最大一部献礼影片的发行，这位67岁的导演实现了他的愿望。As of Wednesday, a day before its nationwide release, the movie raked in more than 92 million yuan ($14.25 million) in presale receipts, making it quite possibly the new domestic box-office champion, according to industry observers.据行业观察人士称，截至周三，在全国范围内上映的前一天，这部电影的预售收入超过了9200万元，很可能成为新的国内票房冠军。The film is also set to be released in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the United Arab Emirates, its distributors say.该片的发行商说，该片还将在英国、爱尔兰和阿拉伯联合酋长国上映。Besides, it will also be simultaneously released to the North American audience via Smart Cinema USA, a mobile cinema app.Unlike Beginning of the Great Revival, which covers 1911-21, the latest film is narrated over a shorter and more compact course in the title year, when the Party held its first National Congress in Shanghai and Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, in the summer of 1921, laying the foundation for its rise.此外，它还将通过移动影院应用程序Smart Cinema USA向北美观众同步发行。与涵盖1911-21年历史的《伟大复兴的开端》不同，新的影片叙述内容的时间更集中、更紧凑。主要讲述1921年夏天，党在上海和浙江嘉兴召开第一次全国代表大会，为其崛起奠定的基础。Continuously employing the successful stardom formula, an innovation for revolutionary films starting from The Founding of a Republic (2009), which was also jointly directed by Huang and Han, 1921 casts legions of A-listers to play historical figures, ranging from the founding members of the CPC to political celebrities and the notorious Chinese police officers in Shanghai's foreign concessions.电影《1921》依旧选择以成功的群星汇聚的方式演绎，这也是革命电影的一个创新。从《建国大业》（2009年）开始，《1921》也选取了大量的重量级明星来扮演历史人物：从中国共产党的创始人到有名的政治家，以及上海外国租界中臭名昭著的中国警察。Chen Kun and Li Chen respectively play Party founders Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao. Huang Xuan and Ni Ni star as the couple of Li Da, one of the early Party leaders, and his wife, Wang Huiwu.陈坤和李晨分别扮演党的创始人陈独秀和李大钊。黄轩和倪妮饰演党的早期领导人之一的李达和他的妻子王会悟夫妇。Actor Wang Renjun reprises the character of Chairman Mao Zedong after his 2019 military film, The Bugle of Gutian.演员王仁君继2019年的军事电影《古田军号》之后再次扮演毛泽东主席。Zhu Yilong stars as China's first premier, Zhou Enlai, turning 23 years old in 1921. Wang Yuan plays the role of Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, then aged 17.朱一龙饰演中国第一位总理周恩来，1921年年满23岁。王源饰演中国领导人邓小平，当时17岁。Recalling that he was invited to return to the familiar subject in 2016, director Huang Jianxin, who also serves as the executive producer, says it was stressful to seek a breakthrough in storytelling, as he worried that old-school filmmaking would fail to hook young people, the mainstream theatergoers.同时担任执行制片人的导演黄建新说，这部影片让他又回到了在2016年同样让他苦思冥想的问题。寻求故事性的突破是很有压力的，因为他担心老派的电影制作无法吸引年轻人，他们也是主流的影院观众。Newly discovered documents from the early 1920s, especially from archives in Europe and Japan, have helped the creators to piece together the backgrounds of the 13 representatives, including New China's first leader, Mao, who gathered for the first Party congress.新发现的20世纪20年代初的文件，特别是来自欧洲和日本的档案，帮助创作者拼凑出了参加第一次党代会的包括新中国的第一位领导人毛泽东共13位代表的历史背景。"We also wanted to retell the history from an international point of view. The founding of the CPC was helped by overseas communists, making it possible to conceive parallel plotlines taking place overseas," says Huang Jianxin."我们还想从国际角度来重述这段历史。黄建新说：“中国共产党的成立得到了海外共产党人的帮助，这使得我们构想出在海外发生的相似情节。Led by Vladimir Lenin, the Moscow-headquartered Communist International (1919-43) assigned Dutch communist Henk Sneevliet, who went by the pseudonym Maring, and Russian delegate Nikolsky to help Chinese people to found the CPC in 1921, according to records.根据记录，在弗拉基米尔·列宁的领导下，总部设在莫斯科的共产国际（1919-43年）指派化名为马林的荷兰共产党人亨克·斯内夫利特和俄国代表尼科尔斯基帮助中国人在1921年成立了中国共产党。Coupled with inspiration from an unsealed archive found in Japan, the film 1921 adds espionage genre elements, exemplified by scenes featuring a Japanese spy sent to Shanghai and the two Comintern delegates escaping in a death-defying car chase.加上从日本发现的未封存的档案中获得的灵感，电影《1921》还增加了间谍类型的元素，例如日本派往上海的间谍和两名共产国际代表在一场死亡的汽车追逐中逃跑的场景。"When we were conducting our research, we found that Japan was keeping a close eye on the communist activities in the period－it actively supported and nurtured pro-Japan forces in China," says Zheng Dasheng, a Shanghai native and co-director of 1921.“当我们进行研究时，我们发现日本当时在密切关注这一时期的共产主义活动，它也催生了中国的亲日派，”郑大圣说。他是上海人，也是《1921》的联合导演。日本政府当时对一大的密切关注，以及对激进的日本人在上海接触具有共产主义思想观念的中国人的警惕"Besides, the situation in Shanghai was quite complicated with the foreign settlements."“此外，上海的情况也相当复杂，因为还有外国人的居留区存在”。For directors Huang Jianxin and Zheng, their other goal was to explore and explain how the faith of communism was shaped, hence helping a wider viewership to understand why revolutionary pioneers risked their lives to pursue the rise of China amid the warlords' disunity and foreign oppression.对于导演黄建新和郑大圣来说，他们的另一个目标是探索和解释共产主义的信仰是如何形成的，从而帮助更多的观众了解为什么革命先驱在军阀混战和外国压迫中冒着生命危险追求中国的崛起。"The average age of the 13 delegates who took part in the first CPC National Congress was around 28 years old. There were about 50 members when the Party was founded in 1921, and it was those people who had changed the fate of our country," Huang Jianxin says.“参加中共第一次全国代表大会的13名代表的平均年龄约为28岁。1921年建党时，大约有50名党员，正是这些人改变了我们国家的命运，”黄建新说。"It was also the original impetus to drive us to work on the project for five years," he adds.“这也是驱使我们为这个项目工作五年的原始动力，”他补充说。In an effort to ensure historical reality, the crew built real-size replicas of the sites of CPC's first and second National Congress and Bowen Girls' School, where the first congress delegates were accommodated for safety concerns.为了确保历史的真实性，剧组建造了真实1：1的中国共产党第一次和第二次全国代表大会会址以及博文女校的布景。在真实历史事件中，出于安全考虑，第一次代表大会的代表们就住在那里。Besides, some historical details, such as rickshaw license plates from Shanghai－usually each installed with two plates respectively for being allowed to move around the foreign concessions and other areas of the city－are reflected in the film.此外，一些历史细节，也反映在了影片中。如上海的人力车通常都会安装两块车牌，以获准在外国租界和城市的其他地区活动。With some imagination, based on documents from Chinese and foreign archives and libraries, character arcs are also convincingly developed, according to some critics who saw previews.据一些看过试映的评论家说，电影根据中国和外国档案馆和图书馆的文件来进行合理想象，人物角色都演绎出了令人信服的角色发展。Such scenarios include Li Da's romantic moments with his newlywed wife; Mao and several delegates asking a laundry's employee to help them wash the suits they would wear for the National Congress; and He Shuheng, the oldest of the 13 delegates, urging Mao to bid farewell to his wife shortly before their ship sailed from Hunan province for Shanghai.这些场景包括李达与新婚妻子的浪漫时刻；毛泽东和几位代表要求洗衣店的员工帮助他们清洗将在全国代表大会上穿的西装；以及13位代表中年龄最大的何叔衡，在他们的船从湖南开往上海前不久，敦促毛泽东向妻子告别。"The film skillfully blends suspense and history to take a retrospective look at the first batch of CPC members' endeavor to save the nation from subjugation and ensure its survival," says Rao Shuguang, head of the China Film Critics Association.“这部电影巧妙地融合了悬念和历史，回顾了第一批中共党员为国家救亡图存所做的努力，”中国电影评论家协会负责人饶曙光说。"It has also updated filmmaking and storytelling techniques for revolutionary features."“它还改变了革命题材的电影制作和讲故事的手法。”记者：徐帆

LILY TANG WILLIAMS, Chinese Dissident, Lawyer and Law Assistant Professor, former Candidate, Colorado State House and Senate, @Lily4Liberty Lily Tang Williams, born two years before the Chinese Cultural Revolution, grew up believing that Chairman Mao Zedong was God. What happened to make her flee China in search of a better life?  Williams delves into the Great Proletariat Cultural Revolution, the Black blocks, the Red Guards, and the “Reactionary” classes Did Mao succeed in destroying Chinese traditions? Williams: If you don't institute identity politics, you can't have a cultural revolution - 1/3 of traditional Chinese relics were destroyed during the Cultural Revolution in China Following the uptick in violence caused by the Red Guards, Chairman Mao decreed that all “Urban Youths”, except for the youngest in every family be sent to the countryside to undergo rustification Threats of mass suicides were used by the sent-down youths to allow them to return to the cities in China Censorship and mass surveillance in China today - When your rights are no longer derived from God but instead from Bureaucrats, you are no longer free  Williams: Xi Jinping's aspirations are not a “China Dream,” it's a Chinese Communist Party dream

At first glance, Chinese President Xi Jinping's life story seems simple. His father was a high-ranking Chinese government official, and opened doors for his son, who rose even higher. But his rise to become the most powerful Chinese leader since Chairman Mao Zedong seems far more unlikely when you find out what Mao's policies did to Xi's family during his childhood. In this episode we tell the story of Xi's — from its terrifying beginning to mysterious end — and ask if he is the catalyst for the deterioration of relations between China and Australia. Guest: Dr Joseph Torigian, expert on Chinese elite politics, American University Dr Feng Chongyi — Associate Professor in China Studies — University of Technology, Sydney Kevin Rudd, former Australian Prime Minister Louisa Lim, author of The People's Republic of Amnesia and co-host of The Little Red Podcast Dr Helen Sham-ho OAM, first Chinese-born MP in an Australian Parliament

At first glance, Chinese President Xi Jinping's life story seems simple. His father was a high-ranking Chinese government official, and opened doors for his son, who rose even higher. But his rise to become the most powerful Chinese leader since Chairman Mao Zedong seems far more unlikely when you find out what Mao's policies did to Xi's family during his childhood. In this episode we tell the story of Xi's - from its terrifying beginning to mysterious end - and ask if he is the catalyst for the deterioration of relations between China and Australia.

At first glance, Chinese President Xi Jinping's life story seems simple. His father was a high-ranking Chinese government official, and opened doors for his son, who rose even higher. But his rise to become the most powerful Chinese leader since Chairman Mao Zedong seems far more unlikely when you find out what Mao's policies did to Xi's family during his childhood. In this episode we tell the story of Xi's — from its terrifying beginning to mysterious end — and ask if he is the catalyst for the deterioration of relations between China and Australia. Guest: Dr Joseph Torigian, expert on Chinese elite politics, American University Dr Feng Chongyi — Associate Professor in China Studies — University of Technology, Sydney Kevin Rudd, former Australian Prime Minister Louisa Lim, author of The People's Republic of Amnesia and co-host of The Little Red Podcast Dr Helen Sham-ho OAM, first Chinese-born MP in an Australian Parliament

Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features an interview of Chinese expatriate  Li Zhao from 2019 by Matt Kibbe, host of Kibbe on Liberty. She talks about her experiences growing up under the communist regime of Chairman Mao Zedong. Between her grisly stories of starvation and totalitarianism, she explains why it’s so important to continue fighting for worldwide freedom, and to resist the allure of democratic socialism today.

In 1972, someone asked Chairman Mao Zedong: "If capitalism were restored in China again, will the common people endure hardship again?"Chairman Mao said:"You over-estimated them, they don't know what capitalism is? The best they could do is restore the feudal and colonial ways. Capitalism accumulates assets by invading and plundering other countries. Who do Chinese capitalists dare to invade?" "They can only exploit their own people or sell their own country's resources cheaply, in order to satisfy one's insatiable selfish desires."At that time, people didn't understand and thought Chairman Mao was exaggerating. Most countries in the world are capitalist, and it should not be too bad. But decades later, we now see that he was right.In recent months, the internet giants in the West, like Facebook, Amazon and Google, as well those in the East, like Samsung, LG, Alibaba and Tencent, are facing increasing scrutiny by the governments because of their monopolistic tendencies.You may have noticed that the largest IPO in human history, the Ant Financial, was halted at the last minute by the Chinese government in November. Ant Financial talks about big data, algorithms, financial innovation, high-tech, but in fact, it is essentially a money lending company. They use 3 billion yuan as the principal, plus a hundred times leverage, to give out 300 billion yuan in loans. Once something goes wrong, Ant Financial cannot take the burden, and hundreds of billions of dollars of losses would be beared by the country and the people.Other Chinese internet giants like Meituan, Pindoudou, Didi and Bytedance, etc. do not learn this lesson, but instead propose a new scheme called "community group buying". In essence, these internet giants collectively enter the grocery shopping market of common people in order to harvest the wallets of middle-aged and elderly people. Now looking back at Chairman Mao's words, do these actions echo his words?They have a huge amount of capital, but they don't have the courage to go abroad to expand their territory. Every penny and energy is spent within China. After the e-commerce market is divided, they will release loans, deliver food, taxis, and sell cabbage…  When the domestic market is fully carved up and all areas under their giant monopoly, they will be able to enjoy lucrative rental income. By that time, the Chinese could hardly avoid these companies in their everyday lives. At that time, there will be no motivation to innovate.It is nothing more than the exploitation of the landlord in the feudal era hidden under the skin of the Internet.China Explained will show you that because of China's continued success in industrial upgrading, technological innovation and realizing its huge potential, it is an unstoppable process. The inevitable rise of China may feel intimidating and some simply reject it. Don't be. China's rise is part of the new global trend unlike what we have seen in the past one hundred years. Embrace the change and seize the opportunity.Creating original content is hard work, your support is what keeps me going. Please donate to this channel: paypal.me/ChinaExplained

About 45 years ago, China was barely a 3rd world country. They maintained policies that kept the economy very poor and stagnant. It was also centrally controlled, vastly inefficient, and relatively isolated from the global economy. But fast forward to this day, and the Asian giants are up there as one of the global economy's dominant forces. China has been among the world’s fastest-growing economies since opening up its economy to foreign trade and investment in 1979, with real annual growth in GDP averaging 9.5% through 2018, a pace described by the World Bank as “the fastest sustained expansion by a major economy in history.” This change in fortune has enabled China, on average, to double its GDP every eight years literally and helped raise an estimated 800 million people out of poverty. This is almost twice the population of the United States.But wait, they didn’t stop there; Recent data has shown China to be the world’s largest economy based on a purchasing power parity. This, of course, has turned China into a major commercial partner of the United States. But how was this possible? It's not a matter of luck, and the Chinese government is not a transparent nor honest one either. So how were they able to achieve this feat amidst all the corrupt practices of the communist party?People believe there is something shady with China’s rise to World Dominance but is there?In the period before 1979, under the leadership of Chairman Mao Zedong, China maintained a centrally planned or command economy. A large share of the country's economic output was directed and controlled by the state, setting production goals, controlled prices, and allocated resources throughout most of the economy. During the 1950s, individual household farms were collected and made into large communes. But there were serious troubles along the way; China's economy suffered significant economic downturns during the leadership of Chairman Mao Zedong, the most devastating one being the Great Leap Forward from 1958 to 1962, which led to massive famine and reportedly the deaths of about 45 million people.Another crisis was known as the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976, which caused widespread political chaos and greatly disrupted the economy. From 1958 to 1962, Chinese living standards fell by 20.3%, and from 1966 to 1968, they dropped by 9.6%.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Jude_bela)

In previous episodes, we repeatedly look through human history, read through the history of global civilization, see through the rise and fall of many empires,, and finally explained to you how China developed its economy and nation. This episode is about the importance of Chairman Mao Zedong in shaping China into what it is today. What established the rejuvenation of the great Chinese nation?It was the battle against the Allied Forces of 16 nations in Korea in 1950; it was the solid industrial foundation laid by the Mao Zedong era; it was Mao Zedong's policy of serving the people to make China great again!Mao Zedong, leading New China, pierced the dome of the imagination of the Chinese nation and made the Chinese rejuvenation truly possible.Looking through 5,000 years of human history, traversing the history of human civilization, seeing through the rise and fall of many empires, and removing layers of fog, this is the truth we have discovered: the importance of Mao can never be underestimated.China Explained will show you that because of China's continued success in industrial upgrading, technological innovation and realizing its huge potential, it is an unstoppable process. The inevitable rise of China may feel intimidating and some simply reject it. Don't be. More importantly, we will answer the million-dollar question: how can you, as an individual or a small business owner, also profit from the rise of China ?Creating original content is hard work, your support is what keeps us going. Please donate to this channel: paypal.me/ChinaExplained

Why do Western powers hate communism so much? Following World War II, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States all had economic booms fueled by the new industrial revolution, and freshly communist China wanted in on that action, so Chairman Mao Zedong set into action a five-year plan that was designed to match the economic output of the United Kingdom as quickly as possible. It was one of the worst humanitarian disasters in history. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tanner-tate0/support

NOW IN 22 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. CLICK ON THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER “TRANSLATE” TAB TO FIND YOURS! By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: a quote from the writings of Mao Zedong, the greatest and most influential national leader of the 20th century. It says, “Do not keep thinking about me and do not expect me...

Today’s episode our envoys go back to the 1980’s and get to experience an alternate history version of China. Following Westly’s grandparents through one of their cases in Beijing China in a SAVE Headquarters titled “The Temple”. The team comes face to face with Donald once again, but this time they are prepared.   Note: During prep due to everything being last minute we totally misread some dates and thought Chairman Mao Zedong held power through the 1980’s and passed in 1986 thus ending comunist China. He actually passed in 1976 which helped end comunist China. We are terribly sorry for this mistake, but in our Earth setting he passed in 1986 just so the episodes aren’t confusing.   We are an actual play tabletop RPG campy horror podcast using the Chill 3rd edition ruleset! The setting is based in the modern day Chicago world land! If you liked today’s episode let us know on Twitter. Even better leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell a friend about the show!    Remember to stay spooped out there! Your cast members are: Nort as the Chill Master Anna as Jiyiang Xiang Dierikx as Not Present Robert as Feng Xiang   Grim Encounters theme song produced and created by Anna.   Music and Ambient tracks created and produced by Tim over at TabletopAudio.com Twitter: @TabletopAudio   Follow us on Twitter @GrimEncounters  Nort’s Twitter @NortSauwce Anna’s Twitter @AnnaNortSauwce Robert’s Twitter @QuietSpider22 Join Our Discord Grim Encounters Website: https://grimencounters.podbean.com/

Today’s episode our envoys go back to the 1980’s and get to experience an alternate history version of China. Following Westly’s grandparents through one of their cases in Beijing China in a SAVE Headquarters titled “The Temple”. They learn more about who Donald Dobrowski really is! They also take work home with them..,   Note: During prep due to everything being last minute we totally misread some dates and thought Chairman Mao Zedong held power through the 1980’s and passed in 1986 thus ending comunist China. He actually passed in 1976 which helped end comunist China. We are terribly sorry for this mistake, but in our Earth setting he passed in 1986 just so the episodes aren’t confusing.   We are an actual play tabletop RPG campy horror podcast using the Chill 3rd edition ruleset! The setting is based in the modern day Chicago world land! If you liked today’s episode let us know on Twitter. Even better leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell a friend about the show!    Remember to stay spooped out there! Your cast members are: Nort as the Chill Master Anna as Jiyiang Xiang Dierikx as Not Present Robert as Feng Xiang   Grim Encounters theme song produced and created by Anna.   Music and Ambient tracks created and produced by Tim over at TabletopAudio.com Twitter: @TabletopAudio   Follow us on Twitter @GrimEncounters  Nort’s Twitter @NortSauwce Anna’s Twitter @AnnaNortSauwce Robert’s Twitter @QuietSpider22 Join Our Discord Grim Encounters Website: https://grimencounters.podbean.com/

Today’s episode our envoys go back to the 1980’s and get to experience an alternate history version of China. Following Westly’s grandparents through one of their cases in Beijing China in a SAVE Headquarters titled “The Temple”. They explore some old catacombs beneath a burnt out Catholic church.    Note: During prep due to everything being last minute we totally misread some dates and thought Chairman Mao Zedong held power through the 1980’s and passed in 1986 thus ending comunist China. He actually passed in 1976 which helped end comunist China. We are terribly sorry for this mistake, but in our Earth setting he passed in 1986 just so the episodes aren’t confusing.   We are an actual play tabletop RPG campy horror podcast using the Chill 3rd edition ruleset! The setting is based in the modern day Chicago world land! If you liked today’s episode let us know on Twitter. Even better leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell a friend about the show!    Remember to stay spooped out there! Your cast members are: Nort as the Chill Master Anna as Jiyiang Xiang Dierikx as Not Present Robert as Feng Xiang   Grim Encounters theme song produced and created by Anna.   Music and Ambient tracks created and produced by Tim over at TabletopAudio.com Twitter: @TabletopAudio   Follow us on Twitter @GrimEncounters  Nort’s Twitter @NortSauwce Anna’s Twitter @AnnaNortSauwce Robert’s Twitter @QuietSpider22 Join Our Discord Grim Encounters Website: https://grimencounters.podbean.com/

Today’s episode our envoys go back to the 1980’s and get to experience an alternate history version of China. Following Westly’s grandparents through one of their cases in Beijing China in a SAVE Headquarters titled “The Temple”.    Note: During prep due to everything being last minute we totally misread some dates and thought Chairman Mao Zedong held power through the 1980’s and passed in 1986 thus ending communist China. He actually passed in 1976 which helped end communist China. We are terribly sorry for this mistake, but in our Earth setting he passed in 1986 just so the episodes aren’t confusing.   We are an actual play tabletop RPG campy horror podcast using the Chill 3rd edition ruleset! The setting is based in the modern day Chicago world land! If you liked today’s episode let us know on Twitter. Even better leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell a friend about the show!    Remember to stay spooped out there! Your cast members are: Nort as the Chill Master Anna as Jiyiang Xiang Dierikx as Not Present Robert as Feng Xiang   Grim Encounters theme song produced and created by Anna.   Music and Ambient tracks created and produced by Tim over at TabletopAudio.com Twitter: @TabletopAudio   Follow us on Twitter @GrimEncounters  Nort’s Twitter @NortSauwce Anna’s Twitter @AnnaNortSauwce Robert’s Twitter @QuietSpider22 Join Our Discord Grim Encounters Website: https://grimencounters.podbean.com/

Chinese expatriate Li Zhao talks to Matt Kibbe about her experiences growing up under the communist regime of Chairman Mao Zedong. Between her grisly stories of starvation and totalitarianism, she explains why it’s so important to continue fighting for worldwide freedom, and to resist the allure of democratic socialism today. Subscribe to Kibbe on Liberty on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, YouTube, or anywhere you get podcasts.

Chinese expatriate Li Zhao talks to Matt Kibbe about her experiences growing up under the communist regime of Chairman Mao Zedong. Between her grisly stories of starvation and totalitarianism, she explains why it's so important to continue fighting for worldwide freedom and to resist the allure of democratic socialism today.

Former CIA-backed guerrillas — rivals of Chairman Mao Zedong — are now embracing the tourism industry, years after setting up the arteries and networks that sustain the Golden Triangle drug trade to this day.

On this week's podcast, Clifford Coonan reports from Singapore where US president Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met in a historic summit today. Comparisons have been drawn with president Richard Nixon's 1972 trip to China to reopen relations with Chairman Mao Zedong. But with a good deal of vagueness in the wording and nothing concrete on denuclearisation plans, the day was largely symbolic with much left to be done. In the second part of the show, nine months after many of them were driven from their homes in Rakhine State, the one million-strong Rohingya community in Bangladesh faces a defining period. A repatriation deal providing for them to return to their homes has been signed, but not delivered upon. Now, the approaching cyclone season poses a major threat to vulnerable refugee camps. Irish times deputy foreign editor David McKechnie and video producer Kathleen Harris have just returned from a trip to Bangladesh with Concern. They speak about the conditions on the ground.

[FedBook Video Version: https://www.facebook.com/FreedomsFaction/videos/304486423413085/] Here’s a short rundown on the things I went over: • Paid For Protestors Ripping Up The Constitution • No Gun Control Marches for The Dakota Access Pipeline • No Gun Control Marches for Police Brutality & Killer Cops • Indoctrinated Communism • Adolf Hitler, 1933: “The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subject races to posses firearms.” • America, 1950: Schools having Gun Clubs, Shooting Ranges & Social Acceptance Of Guns • Communist China, 1966: Chairman Mao Zedong using children and state controlled media to promote a “Cultural Revolution” • Children, who cannot own guns or vote (I don’t believe in the two Party system, it’s two wolves trying to decide how to eat sheep), telling us how to live. • Disarming the public, effectively making us slaves to the authority. • 2nd Amendment being written when we were 3/5 of a person, yet Harriet Tubman used guns to free the slaves AKA The Underground Railroad • Comparing Trump to Hitler, who also wanted the guns. • Asking “When did The State become God?” And so much more. Forgive my profanity, I was a little upset. #FactionsOfFreedom#FreedomFaction

President Xi Jinping is said to be China's most powerful leader since Chairman Mao Zedong - so what does he want to do with this power?The Chinese Communist Party started its congress this week, held every five years, unveiling a new generation of political leaders. It is also expected that President Xi Jinping will be accorded the rare honour of seeing his own doctrine - Xi Jinping Thought - being enshrined in China's constitution. Where will that Thought take him and his huge, strategically essential country - and how might this affect the rest of the world? Joining David Aaronovitch in The Briefing Room are:Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia and president of the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)Yanmei Xie, a writer on Chinese politicsLord Jim O'Neill, former UK Treasury Minister and chairman of Goldman Sachs

In the mid-20th century, Chairman Mao Zedong launched an ambitious plan to revolutionize Chinese agriculture and industry, build up the economy and turn China into a communist utopia. Read the show notes here. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Stung by the enormous failure of the Great Leap Forward, Chairman Mao Zedong, discredited leader of Communist China, institutes a plan to regain his former popularity and erradicate his critics. The revolution's outward aim was to reinvigorate Marxist-Leninist ideology in the Chinese people. It's less publicized goal was to restore Mao's Cult of Personality--his unquestioned authority over the government and his adoration by the people. It resulted in the persecution of millions and the deaths of hundreds of thousands.

There are two Chinese leaders whose final resting place is thronged by tourists - Mao Zedong and Qin Shi Huang, the emperor of terracotta soldier fame. But they also have another thing in common - Qin taught Mao a lesson in how to persecute intellectuals. Chairman Mao Zedong has been dead for nearly 40 years but his body is still preserved in a mausoleum in Tiananmen Square. The square is the symbolic heart of Chinese politics - red flags and lanterns flank the portrait of Mao on Tiananmen Gate where he proclaimed the People's Republic in 1949. But the red emperor owed the idea of this vast country to an empire builder who lived 2,000 years earlier. Claiming the title of China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang kick-started nearly 2,000 years of imperial rule, unifying China through economic and political reforms, and also via the construction of a massive nationwide road system. But this was all at the expense of thousands of lives - and to maintain power he outlawed many books and buried scholars alive. So, over 2,000 years later does history remember him as a hero or villain? Presenter: Carrie Gracie Producer: Neal Razzell.

In this episode we finish off 1969, a year that not only saw internal revolt and anarchy but also saw armed border confrontation with the Soviet Union in the freezing northeast. Chairman Mao Zedong pulls out all the stops to quell the violence and rebellion that he himself called for at the outset of the Cultural Revolution. Mao's chosen successor, Lin Biao loses favor with The Great Helmsman. As China enters the 1970's the Cultural Revolution, though tarnished, still has plenty of life left in it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The cradle of one of the oldest civilizations on earth is the scene of the most extraordinary economic and financial transformation in history. In the last 30 years, the People's Republic of China has been home to the fastest growing major economy the world has ever seen. This is a country where change is taking place on an unprecedented scale and at an unprecedented rate, where people are living lives unimaginable just a few years ago. This communist nation has learned how to cash in on capitalism and private enterprise. China and its people are growing richer and more powerful every day. It is impossible to ignore the economic growth phenomenon that has unfolded in China over the past three decades. In 1978, Chairman Deng Xiaoping, the architect of "The New Socialist Market Economy", initiated an unprecedented social and economic transformation that ended Chairman Mao Zedong's devastating Cultural Revolution. The successful implementation of this ambitious and revolutionary social experiment laid the foundation for what has become the world’s most dynamic economy. With average annual growth rates of approximately 10% since 1992 (hailed by The Economist in 2005 as "The Great Leap Forward” and “A Model of Reform”), China has emerged as an economic powerhouse. It has grown faster for longer than any country in history. The People's Republic now accounts for 13% of global gross domestic product (GDP), based on purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates, and most economists agree that soon, China will surpass Japan in GDP making it the second largest economy on earth behind the United States. China's economy is already second when evaluated based on purchasing power and it has been suggested that China could reach parity with the U.S. by 2020. China's accession to the World Trade Organization and the overwhelming success of the 2008 Olympics attest to China's growing importance on the world economic stage.

The cradle of one of the oldest civilizations on earth is the scene of the most extraordinary economic and financial transformation in history. In the last 30 years, the People's Republic of China has been home to the fastest growing major economy the world has ever seen. This is a country where change is taking place on an unprecedented scale and at an unprecedented rate, where people are living lives unimaginable just a few years ago. This communist nation has learned how to cash in on capitalism and private enterprise. China and its people are growing richer and more powerful every day. It is impossible to ignore the economic growth phenomenon that has unfolded in China over the past three decades. In 1978, Chairman Deng Xiaoping, the architect of "The New Socialist Market Economy", initiated an unprecedented social and economic transformation that ended Chairman Mao Zedong's devastating Cultural Revolution. The successful implementation of this ambitious and revolutionary social experiment laid the foundation for what has become the world’s most dynamic economy. With average annual growth rates of approximately 10% since 1992 (hailed by The Economist in 2005 as "The Great Leap Forward” and “A Model of Reform”), China has emerged as an economic powerhouse. It has grown faster for longer than any country in history. The People's Republic now accounts for 13% of global gross domestic product (GDP), based on purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates, and most economists agree that soon, China will surpass Japan in GDP making it the second largest economy on earth behind the United States. China's economy is already second when evaluated based on purchasing power and it has been suggested that China could reach parity with the U.S. by 2020. China's accession to the World Trade Organization and the overwhelming success of the 2008 Olympics attest to China's growing importance on the world economic stage.