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In China, great minds look alike (literally)

According to the findings of Chinese netizens, many of these great minds in China's history may just as well be one man "traveling back and forth through time". Their proof? Pictures from Chinese...

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Denial from People’s Daily Branch Head Ignited Fury and Discussions of the...

Lin Zhibo, Head of People’s Daily Gansu Branch, denied the Great Famine from 1959 to 1961 on Sina Weibo and ignited netizens' anger. In addition to criticism of Lin Zhibo, numerous weibo users started...

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The tale of two famines

Back to 1942, a new Feng Xiaogang production depicting a less-known famine back in the year of 1942 during war-time China, has the whole nation talking. While watching a famine in 1942 on screen,...

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An apology that is 47 years late

Yesterday, on the 47th anniversary of the Cultural Revolution's official starting date, a few apologies made by individuals who have made mistakes during that 10 years of madness went viral online, and...

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Chinese netizens’ questions to British PM Cameron

“Does Britain have any straight men at all?” "When does Britain plan to return the looted relics back to China?”

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Chinese netizens on PM Li Keqiang’s visit to Britain: “History repeats itself.”

Many Chinese netizens called the visit “the work of the wheel of life”, with China, the once “humiliated” Middle Kingdom, and Britain, the once “sun never sets” empire, swapped their positions.

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Why China’s anti-graft war may eventually fail

Many people believe that the current sweeping anti-graft campaign will eventually hit a dead end: “Without reforming the political system, all anti-graft campaigns are but a redistribution of power.”

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Once upon a time, the Communist Party of China fought for democracy

The Communist Part of China was once itself a fighter for democracy. Talking about someone who has become what he hates? That’s exactly the case with CPC.

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