Cultural Revolution

The Pragmatic Purge of Bo Xilai

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Cult of Mao, Cultural Revolution, Populism, Politburo, Communist Party, Zhongyong, Corruption in China, Chinese Middle Class, Ccp, Red Songs, Mao Zedong, Bo Xilai, Chongqing, Chinese Politics, Neil Heywood, Bo Xilai Replaced, China Politics, Bo Xilai Wife Murder, China, World News
Tom Doctoroff

Bo Xilai, the populist former Chongqing chief recently purged from China's Politburo, was a dangerous, recidivistic force in Chinese politics. His fate should be cheered. Yes, his ouster reveals the dark side of the country's cloak-and-dagger leadership.

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LiePad: Why Nonfiction Writers Must Never Change the Facts

Brandt Goldstein | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Steve Jobs, Fiction, Foxconn, Cultural Revolution, Katherine Boo, Jim Fingal, Reporting, Mike Daisey, The Lifespan of a Fact, Philip Gourevitch, David Sedaris, Writers, Jonathan Harr, John D'Agata, Journalism, Apple, Writing, Tracy Kidder, This American Life, Truth, Nonfiction, Ipad, Mike Daisey This American Life, The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, Media News
Brandt Goldstein

Can a writer working in the realm of nonfiction ever change the facts because he's Making Art or Delivering an Important Message? The view of basically every respected journalist is Hell No. But a new book takes the opposite view.

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Cooking Revolutionary Chinese Food

Stacie Nevadomski Berdan | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Scott Seligman, Stacie Berdan, Chinese Food, Chinese Cookbook, Raising Global Children, Sasha Gong, Cultural Revolution, Food News
Stacie Nevadomski Berdan

Although I admit we focused on the delicious dishes at hand -- every one of them a tasty treat -- we also discussed China then and now. It was a rich family experience on many fronts.

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A Family Kitemaking Business In China

Jim Calio | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Cultural Revolution, Emperor's Artisan, Beijing, Family Tradition, Artisan, China, Kites, Hutongs, Chinese Craftsman, Asia Travel, Slidepollajax, Asia, China Travel, Travel Blogs, Beijing Travel, Travel News
Jim Calio

There are kites shaped like butterflies, swallows, dragonflies and centipedes. There are kites that stretch all the way across the ceiling of the shop and kites that are so small they can fit into a regular size envelope.

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China's Communist Party: Not Losing Control

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Cultural Revolution, Weibo, Bo Xilai, Eminent Domain, Chinese Politics, Mao Zesong, Mercantilism, Singapore, Arab Spring, Chinese Culture, Ministry of State Security, Chinese Middle Class, Prosperity Covenant, Deng Xiaoping, Micro-Blogs, Democracy in China, Chinese Pragmatism, World News
Tom Doctoroff

The future of China's political system will not be made in America or Europe.

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China's Cultural Revolution Brings Surge in Art Collecting

nytimes.com | ROBIN POGREBIN | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Art Collecting, Cultural Revolution, Art Sales, Chinese Culture, Art in Asia, World Art, Art Collection, Chinese Art Collecting, International Art, China Cultural Revolution, Chinese Art, China, Arts News

As auction houses prepare for their fall sales, Chinese collectors are expected to be a major boost for the market, raising their paddles for big-tick...

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The (Untelevised) Revolution Next Door

James Block | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cooperatives, Cultural Revolution, The Sixties, Social Change, Local Politics, Neighborhoods, A Peaceful Revolution, Politics News
James Block

I caught a glimpse of the future last weekend in the Riverwest neighborhood of Milwaukee. For those of you who haven't spent time there yet, it would ...

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The Forgotten Garden: Wang Huaiqing's Chinese Art In Seattle

Robert Ayers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cultural Revolution, Art, Wang Huaiqing, Seattle Art Museum, Mao Zedong, Asian Art, Picasso, China, Arts News
Robert Ayers

The majority of Chinese artists who are squabbled over by blue chip dealers have one thing in common: The history between Mao's cultural revolution and present-day China's as a touchstone in their art's imagery.

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Study: Rising Religious Tide In China Overwhelms Atheist Doctrine

David Briggs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cultural Revolution, Ancestor Worship, China, China and Religion, Atheism in China, Religious Growth in China, Buddhism in China, Chinese Communism, Chinese Spiritual Life Survey, Christianity in China, China House Churches, Religion News
David Briggs

China has enforced its anti-religion policy through decades of repression, coercion and persecution, but the lack of success is spectacular, according to a major new study.

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Preserving Tibetan Culture and Arts in New York

Heidiminx | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thangka Art, Sangye Yeshe, Tibet House, Traditional Tibetan Art, Menris, The Menris Tradition of Tibetan Thangka Art, Dharamsala, Cultural Revolution, Dalai Lama, New York City, Arts News
Heidiminx

For over twenty years, the Tibet House has operated with the function of preserving Tibetan art and culture. And this week, the Tibet House will be opening an exhibit showing the art of their students.

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Why Liu Xiaobo's Nobel Prize Matters to Tibet

Kate Saunders | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Peace Prize, Tibet, China Tibet, China Human Rights, China, Liu Xiaobo Nobel Prize, Cultural Revolution, Dalai Lama, Censorship, World News
Kate Saunders

A new generation of Tibetan intellectuals, writers and bloggers share their concerns about political repression and state control, representing a more complex challenge to the Chinese Communist Party.

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Language, Identity & Revolution in Tibet

Jamyang Norbu | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Protests, Cultural Revolution, Language, Gesar Epic, Revolution, Tibet, Anne Applebaum, Dalai Lama, Ethnicity, Poetry, Religion, Tibet Protests, Tibetan Protesters, Identity, Tibet China, World News
Jamyang Norbu

The Tibetan capital doesn't have a single representative of the international media posted there. Tibetans can only send news of student demonstrations to the outside world by using rough-and-ready ways.

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Beijing Music Festival 2010: China's Future in Performing Arts

Charles Fabius | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: China One Child Policy, Classical Music, Cultural Revolution, John Lennon, Beijing, Lang Lang, Performing Arts, Music, China, Piano, Arts News
Charles Fabius

Top leaders in the performing arts sat down with Chinese cultural officials, only to find out that China seems to be addressing the issues head-on in a fearless way. At least so it seems, watching Yu Long.

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Diversity Programs Don't Stop Mad Men Sexism

Marcia Reynolds | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Gender Discrimination, Corporate America, Cultural Revolution, Workplace Diversity, Women's Empowerment, Diversity in the Workplace, Gender Inequality, Women in Business, Inequality, Healthy Living News
Marcia Reynolds

For the health of our companies, the economy and our daughter's futures we need to do something about the inequalities women face in corporate America.

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US to Muslims: Please Sit at the Back of the Bus

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Terry Jones, Miami University Ohio, Cultural Revolution, Pentagon, Islamophobia, Muslim Americans, St. Bart?S Episcopal Church, Extremism, 9/11, Mike Bloomberg, New York City Police Bias Unit, America, Martin Niemoller, Fanaticism, Gainesville, Jim Luce, Freedom Summer, City Hall, Terrorists, Kristallnacht, Central Synagogue, Islam, Lower Manhattan, Fundamentalist Mindset, Asma, United States, Hate Graffiti, New York City, Holy Quran, Islamic Issues, Muslims, Dove World Outreach Center, Martin Luther King, World Trade Center Protests, Segregation, Civil Rights Movement, Donald Trump, Anti-Semitism, Christianity, U.S.A., American Society for Muslim Advancement, Catholic Bashing, Torah, As-Salamu Alaykum, New York News
Jim Luce

Islamophobia is growing in the United States. Hate graffiti is now discoloring my own building here in New York City -- calling for the Holy Quran to ...

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Evil in America? U.S. Fundamentalist Group to Burn Koran on 9/11

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Terry Jones, Communism, Europe, New York City Hall, Evil in America, Cultural Revolution, Islamophobia, Ten Reasons to Burn a Koran, Pakistan, Fascism, 9/11, Anti-Islamic, Prophet Mohammad, Canada, Donahue Show, Worldview, Fundamentalists Anonymous, Martin Niemoller, E-Filled Book., Moderates, Theology, Muslim, Gainesville, Manhattan, Fran Ingram, Jim Luce, World Trade Center Mosque, Atheism, Liberals, Florida, Germany, Islam Is of the Devil, Fundamentalist Mindset, Evil, United States, Islam Is Evil, Devil, God, Facebook, Freedom of Speech, Burn Koran, Dove World Outreach Center, Nazism, Hatred, Killing Fields, U.S. Fundamentalist Group, Christianity, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Aclu, Buddhism, Hinduism, Extremism, World News
Jim Luce

One need not journey to the mountains of Afghanistan or Pakistan to discover evil. We have our own home-grown variety of dangerous extremism here in ...

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My Voice

Xiaoda Xiao | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Censorship, Cultural Revolution, Mao, Political Prisoners, Chinese Prison Camps, China, Chinese Prison, Freedom of Speech, Writing, The Cave Man, Prison Camps, Mao Zedong, Books, Chinese Censorship, Books News
Xiaoda Xiao

Under the strict censorship regulations of the current regime in China, the publication of any literary work that shows signs of penetrating in depth, or exposing the reality of prison life is forbidden.

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Post-Election Iran: What America Must Do Now

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freedom of the Press, Dialogue, Palestine, Women's Rights, Hostages, Martyrdom, President Obama, Reformist, Obama, Iran, Iran-Contra, Revolution, Freedom, Israel, Khomeini, Ayatollah, Islamist, Iran-Iraq War, Iranian, Afghanistan, Cultural Revolution, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Khatami, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Anti-Americanism, Barack Obama, Superpower, Iranian-Presidential-Election, Iraq, Muslim, Non-Muslim, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran News, Iran Election, Iran Elections, Iran Election News, Election Iran, Shirin Sadeghi Post-Election Iran, World News
Shirin Sadeghi

The Iranian Republic requires American antagonism to uphold its regional influence and its stranglehold on the Iranian people - the United States should deprive it of this gift.

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Republicans Fiddle with Abortion While America Burns

Paul Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Communism, Cultural Revolution, Mao, Ronald Reagan, Chicago, Economy, National Journal, Rahm Emmanuel, George W. Bush, Vermont, Gun Control, Colorado, Same-Sex Marriage, Dccc, Howard Dean, Virginia, Gay Rights, Rnc, Bailout, New Mexico, Maine, Nancy Pelosi, Travis Childers, Stimulus Package, Mississippi, Republican Party, Bobby Bright, Tarp, North Carolina, Abortion, Bill Clinton, Republican National Committee, Appalachia, David Paterson, Alabama, Congress, Democratic National Committee, Soviet Union, Jon Kyl, New York, Idaho, Recession, Barack Obama, Religion, Log Cabin, South, Marxism, Harry Reid, San Francisco, Hillary Clinton, Moderate Republicans, Dnc, Utah, Kirsten Gillibrand, Senate, Indiana, Stalin, Late Night Shows, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

The Republican strategy sounds like the demon child of Mao's Cultural Revolution and Stalin's five-year plans: a criminal intolerance of social differences combined with an outrageously failed economic policy.

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