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When Marx met Confucius: Xi Jinping's attempt to influence China's intellectual loyalties has met with a mixed reception at home and abroad

A new film series produced in China, When Marx met Confucius, was viewed more than 8 million times in the first two weeks after it was released online in October. But this is not another blockbuster drama of the sort China has been adept at producing in recent years, but…

The Conversation

Is Joe Biden in big trouble? Kind of

Biden's accomplishments are real. So are the self-inflicted wounds — and the fact no one wants him to run again

Salon

China is criminalising clothing 'hurtful to the spirit and sentiments of the nation' – could this mean a kimono ban?

In August 2022 a young woman wearing a yukata – a simple, summer-weight kimono – was having her photo taken on a street in picturesque Suzhou, China, when she was accosted by a police officer. Following an angry exchange, partly captured on her phone, she was arrested for disturbing the…

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Robinson: "Time" to start reading Hitler

"It is time for us to get back and start reading some of those quotes," Mark Robinson said at the group's summit

Salon

Hong Kong's unacceptable genius

Part three of our special report on Hong Kong writing

Newsroom.co.nz

Fake History — A Solo Exhibition by Paul Timings

Based on tales from Taiwan, the exhibition explores how technologies mediate our experiences and narratives in a way that is both deeply personal and manipulative.

The News Lens

Diane Abbott’s history of controversies as Labour MP suspended over racism letter

Labour MP Diane Abbott has again found herself in hot water after suggesting Jewish people do not face racism.

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Andrew Marr: ‘I’ve had an incredibly good decade since my stroke’

The journalist, 63, on his excellent recovery, Maoist youth and the increasing mendacity of politicians

The Guardian - UK

Right freaks out over Trump indictment

Trump vows to "defeat" Bragg and Biden in lengthy screed — but no protests so far as MAGA world vents its shock

Salon

The 12 non-WWE wrestling events to watch during Wrestlemania weekend

These 12 events aren't even half the weekend's lineup -- but they're jam-packed with rising stars and banger matches.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Xi and Putin Meeting Signals the Return of the China-Russia Axis and the Start of a Second Cold War

China’s and Russia’s roles have been reversed, and their ambitions restored — not in the name of communist ideology, but in light of an aggressive, militarist nationalism that animates both regimes.

The News Lens

Xi and Putin meeting signals the return of the China-Russia axis and the start of a second cold war

The heirs to two of the most violent revolutions in modern history shook hands and took stock of their “comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era”, at a recent meeting in Moscow.

The Conversation

Five facts about Kenzaburo Oe, the Nobel-prize winning Japanese writer who died this month

Oe said interviewing Chairman Mao was “so boring”

Evening Standard

Maoist or not, football looks ripe for revolution

It's a fair bet that not everyone will be a fan of the government's proposed English football revolution, which will create an independent regulator and push for a more equitable sharing of the revenues generated by the world's most popular soccer league. When the idea was floated in 2021, the…

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Dodo, eagle, sparrow … the 10 birds that changed the world for ever

A veteran naturalist and writer picks the species that have played a key role for humans, from ancient civilisations to today’s climate crisis

The Guardian - UK

Red Memory by Tania Branigan review – the toxic afterlife of Mao’s Cultural Revolution

The Guardian’s former China correspondent assembles a cast of eye-witnesses to tell a story now being suppressed once more

The Guardian - UK

Red Memory by Tania Branigan review – the Cultural Revolution up close

In gathering histories from one of the country’s darkest, most divisive periods, the former Guardian China correspondent has created a gripping and important document

Newsroom.co.nz

Clarity from the Confusing Swirl of China

Fifty years ago this month, Aotearoa New Zealand established diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China. Some stories are too often drowned out by diplomacy, geopolitics, and trade.

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on China’s Covid U-turn: from all-out war to all but nothing

Editorial: The country has abruptly abandoned the vast bulk of its harsh measures to contain coronavirus following protests. That carries considerable risk

The Guardian - UK

‘The authorities will step up control’: where next for China after protests?

After mass demonstrations against Covid lockdowns, experts say Xi Jinping’s response will be a further gradual crackdown

The Guardian - UK

Cocoon by Zhang Yueran review – families warped by the state

China’s generational trauma and the long shadow of the Cultural Revolution are brought into the light in this precise and gripping novel

Evening Standard

Fracking: banned | Braverman: back | Fiscal black hole: shrinking but still massive

Have you noticed that virtually all male leaders – from elected prime ministers to murderous tyrants – wear a suit and tie these days? Whatever happened to juntas in military attire adorned with made-up medals or the classic Mao jacket?

Evening Standard

The increasingly Leninist Xi Jinping must be talked down from confrontation

The coronation of Xi Jinping at the 20th Party Congress was both expected and dramatic. It makes him the most powerful leader of Communist China since Mao. He could be there for another 10 years at least.

Axios

No women named to China's powerful Politburo for first time in 25 years

The new leadership is also packed with Xi loyalists.

The Conversation

China: echoes of authoritarian past as Xi Jinping cements his place at the heart of a Communist Party now entirely built around him

It has been suggested that the removal of Hu Jintao, Xi Jinping’s predecessor, from the closing ceremony of the 20th Communist Party congress could overshadow all other news from Beijing during the past week. Was there a health reason for this dramatic development – or was it a live purge,…

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