New People's Army guerillas raise their firearms to mark a previous anniversary in 1998. Photo: AP

Mao more than ever: Filipino communists mark a half century of armed struggle

The Communist Party of the Philippines - infamous for its jungle raids and assassination squads - was set up in December 1968 in Mao Zedong’s honour
Its founder now openly criticises today’s
Communist Party of China
and denounces its leaders as ‘monopoly bureaucrat capitalists’

Topic | The Philippines

Michael Beltran and Charles McDermid

Published: 6:45pm, 24 Dec, 2018

Updated: 10:48pm, 16 Feb, 2019

New People's Army guerillas raise their firearms to mark a previous anniversary in 1998. Photo: AP

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Charles McDermid

Charles McDermid joined the South China Morning Post as Asia Correspondent in 2018. He has worked for the New York Times, Al Jazeera and the Institute of War and Peace Reporting.