From December 1949 to February 1950 Mao Zedong visited the Societ Union and met Soviet Union leader Josef Stalin. Photo: Xinhua
From December 1949 to February 1950 Mao Zedong visited the Societ Union and met Soviet Union leader Josef Stalin. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese People's Volunteer Army soldiers swear in front of tanks before the start of one of the last combats in the Korean War in July 1953. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese People's Volunteer Army soldiers swear in front of tanks before the start of one of the last combats in the Korean War in July 1953. Photo: Xinhua
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China's Foreign Ministry curtails access to declassified historic archives

Patrick Boehler
Patrick Boehler

Updated: 4:00pm, 9 Aug, 2013

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From December 1949 to February 1950 Mao Zedong visited the Societ Union and met Soviet Union leader Josef Stalin. Photo: Xinhua
From December 1949 to February 1950 Mao Zedong visited the Societ Union and met Soviet Union leader Josef Stalin. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese People's Volunteer Army soldiers swear in front of tanks before the start of one of the last combats in the Korean War in July 1953. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese People's Volunteer Army soldiers swear in front of tanks before the start of one of the last combats in the Korean War in July 1953. Photo: Xinhua
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Patrick Boehler

Patrick Boehler

Patrick Boehler has published on China and Southeast Asia in four languages for publications in the US, Europe and Asia. After stints with Austria's ministries of defence and foreign affairs in Vienna and Beijing, he began his reporting career in Kuala Lumpur with the Malaysian online news portal Malaysiakini and, later, The Irrawaddy Magazine, a Myanmar exile publication in Thailand. He holds a doctorate in political science and has taught journalism at the University of Hong Kong. Follow him on Twitter: @mrbaopanrui