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Welcome to Babel: new documentary charts the creation of painter Jiawei Shen’s three-storey magnum opus

When Jiawei Shen first came to Australia, he bought a copy of that great western ideological text, the Bible. The doctrine that had shaped his life until then had come from the writings of the great Marxist thinkers – Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin and of course, Mao Zedong.

The Conversation

Chairman Mao quotes and techno: Welcome to China’s underground rave scene

Ravers claim techno is the natural soundtrack of auto manufacturing cities like Changchun and Detroit

The Independent UK

Chinese state television lionises Xi Jinping’s father in 39-part serialised drama

The historical series, Time in the Northwest, chronicles the life of Xi Zhongxun from peasant roots to Communist revolutionary in China

The Guardian - UK

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November 7 as Victims of Communism Day—2024

I have long advocated using May 1 for this purpose. But November 7 is a worthy alternative candidate, which I am happy to adopt if it can attract a broad consensus.

Reason

North Korea’s involvement in Ukraine draws China into a delicate balancing act

The entry of North Korean troops risks a dangerous escalation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. It also puts Beijing in a tight spot

The Guardian - AU

China: Mao's Legacy is like an absurdly specific Paradox game on a tight budget, and also one of the best sims I've ever played

How did Yukong move the mountains? Abusing save slots.

PC Gamer

Democracy won the 20th century. But has its success bred lethal complacency in the 21st?

We never know who is going to rule but the beauty of democracy is that we know we can always get rid of them. So why wouldn’t we fight like blazes to preserve it?

The Guardian - AU

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Farms to fame: How China’s rural influencers are redefining country life

In the quiet backwaters of Yunnan, Dong Meihua – though her followers know her by the public alias Dianxi Xiaoge – has done something remarkable: She’s taken the pastoral simplicity of rural China and made it irresistible to millions. In her hands, a village kitchen becomes a stage, and the…

The Conversation

‘When in doubt, turn to Xiaohongshu’: A social media platform and its young, female, Chinese userbase transforms travel and shopping

Xiaohongshu cofounder and President Miranda Qu is ranked No. 60 on the Fortune Most Powerful Women Asia list this year.

Fortune

Communist China not the motherland, says Taiwan’s president, because our republic is older

Lai Ching-te argues the reverse may be true because the Republic of China – the mantle that nationalists carried with them to Taiwan – predates the People’s Republic

The Guardian - AU

In the footsteps of Mao Zedong: Chinese authorities encourage 'Red Tourism'

Exactly 75 years ago, Mao Zedong proclaimed the foundation of the People's Republic of China in front of crowds gathered in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Ever since, October 1 has been a national holiday in China. To mark this anniversary, some Chinese people spend the week travelling to historical sites, in…

France 24

China's Communist Party has ruled for 75 years. Will it make it to 100?

More than three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Communist Party of China retains a firm grip on power

The Independent UK

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‘Monument to history’ battle between US and China over future of Mao’s secretary’s diary

Beijing believed to be behind court bid to secure account of life inside Communist HQ

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Florida attorney pleads guilty to trying to detonate explosives near Chinese embassy in Washington

A Florida attorney has pleaded guilty to using a rifle to try to detonate explosives outside the Chinese embassy last year in Washington, D

The Guardian - UK

The comeback queen: actor Joan Chen on self-doubt, success, savagings – and a second chance at 63

Thirty-seven years after her Hollywood breakthrough in The Last Emperor, Chen is back in new drama Dìdi. She discusses her roots in China, objectification and the protective power of creativity

The Conversation

Kang Youwei: the revolutionary thinker behind modern China’s transformation

Kang Youwei (1858–1927) has had a profound influence on modern-day China. He imagined a future society in which war had ended and nation-states had disappeared, to be replaced by a single socialist and democratic world state. His work popularised the idea of historical progress in China, inspired the founder of…

The Conversation

There should be a place for Australian art – and artists – in China-Australia diplomacy

On the wall to the left of the door to the central hall of the National Museum of China, Beijing, is a panel saying it works “under the guidance of Xi Jinping thought on culture”. Across Tiananmen Square in front of the museum is the gateway to the Forbidden City,…

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Charming ambassadors with big appetites and universal appeal: China’s long history of ‘panda diplomacy’

During his visit to the Adelaide Zoo on Sunday, Chinese Premier Li Qiang announced that two “equally beautiful, lively, cute, and younger” pandas would be given to Australia to replace Wang Wang and Fu Ni, who will return to China later this year after calling Adelaide home for 15 years.

The Guardian - UK

‘It doesn’t make any sense’: new twist in mystery of Mount Everest and the British explorers’ missing bodies

A hundred years ago, George Mallory and Andrew Irvine set off to conquer the summit. Mallory’s body was later discovered, but now the remains of both are nowhere to be found. Who moved them?

The Guardian - UK

‘Our parents did all the hard work. We don’t have to’: China’s seaside haven for the ‘lying flat’ generation

With its magnificently tranquil art gallery, its ‘lonely library’ and its pointy white chapel, Aranya is a blissful oasis for burnt-out urbanites – and architecture firms are now clambering to build there

Reason

Victims of Communism Day — 2024

May Day should be a day to honor victims of an ideology that took tens of millions of lives. But we should also be open to alternative dates if they can attract broad enough support.

Reason

Student Movements Are Often Wrong

We shouldn't assume that student political movements necessarily have a just cause. Far from it.

The Hindu

Let’s get the sparrows back

Let's bring back the sparrows - their history, decline, and how we can help them thrive again.

Al Jazeera

‘Insane’: Xi’s call for ethnic Chinese to tell Beijing’s story stirs anger

Millions of people of Chinese origin are nationals of countries other than China and they don’t back Beijing.

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