history

  The Lenses of the Past: Understanding Historiography Through Modern Chinese History Introduction: What is Historiography? History is often...

Dynamics of Persecution: Methods and Impact of Violence During the Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution launched by Mao Zedong in 196...

  The Austrians Who Loved Big Brother: A Cultural Mismatch of Ideology History is often written by the victors, but it is felt by the outsid...

  The Architecture of Fate: "Grandfather Theory" and the Legacy of Choice The "Grandfather Theory" posits that your curr...

The Diary of a Silent Witness In the thick of the "Great Cultural Revolution," when the world seemed to tilt on its axis, a voice ...

  The Polite Tyranny of the Group: How the West Stole Confucius to Keep You in Line Human beings are, fundamentally, cooperative primates wh...

  The Cotton Quilt of Dignity: Fu Lei’s Final Translation History has a cruel habit of devouring the very enthusiasts who helped set the tab...

  The Red Tourist in the Ivory Tower: France’s Great Maoist Delusion In the annals of intellectual history, there is no greater comedy—or tr...

  The French Paradox: A Centuries-Old Tradition of Setting Oneself on Fire If history were a high school drama, France would be the student ...

  The Tragedy of the "Puppet Prince": A Reflection on Wang Hongwen History is often a cruel comedy, and Wang Hongwen was perhaps i...

  The Unlucky Twin: A Life Synced with the State This is the tragic irony of being a "Child of the Revolution." If you were born i...

  The Lens of Deception: Photography as a Political Weapon If the eyes are the window to the soul, then in the hands of a totalitarian regim...

  From Moral Order to Regime Security: The Historical Evolution of China's Fear of Chaos The Philosophical Genesis: Confucius and the An...