Gang of Four

Bo Xilai case is the biggest test for China's legal progress since Gang of Four trial

4 Jan 2013

Beijing's pending prosecution of deposed Politburo member Bo Xilai and the recent murder conviction of his wife, Gu Kailai , have again brought China's criminal justice system to world attention...

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US scholar determined to unveil the truth

7 Sep 2006

Mao Zedong was a very secretive man. He seldom told anyone what he was thinking. And he didn't write it down either.

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One day in September

3 Sep 2006

I remember the moment perfectly. Aged nine, I sat in the basement of a rambling colonial house on the south side of Hong Kong Island, secretly watching cartoons on my neighbour's television. It...

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40 years on after the Cultural Revolution

15 May 2006

The central government has never released an official death toll for the Cultural Revolution, but Chinese and overseas scholars estimate from 2 million to 20 million.

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A political fire that scorched a nation

15 May 2006

Pointing at a massive building in the heart of the capital's Peking University complex, Lou Yulie shows where, in the words of late chairman Mao Zedong , 'a single spark started a prairie fire'...

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Myth amendment

13 May 2006

One chilly morning in September 1971, the new Chinese ambassador to Ulan Bator was summoned to the Mongolian Foreign Ministry, told that a Chinese military plane had crashed after illegally...

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