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"In the telling of the ruling Communist Party, China's modern history is the story of Chinese mastery degraded by colonial depravity. China is the land that invented the compass, gunpowder, paper and printing, amassing stupendous wealth while Europe was still backward. Then came centuries of humiliation - Britain's profiting from forcing opium on the populace, Japanese brutality, demeaning lectures about human rights from hypocritical Americans. Now, China is intent on securing its own fate." -The New York Times

China in Pictures

Ancient History

An episode about the Song Dynasty from a great series - "The Story of China"

Imperialism and Chinese Nationalism

Communism in China

Cultural Revolution article (UpFront).pdf

The Tank Man17 years later, what does he mean for a China that today has become a global economic powerhouse?

30 Years After Tiananmen, ‘Tank Man’ Remains an Icon and a MysteryHe is a global symbol of resistance. But who was “Tank Man” and how has he remained a mystery?

30 Years After Tiananmen, a Chinese Military Insider Warns: Never ForgetA former People’s Liberation Army journalist defied a political taboo to describe the bloody crackdown in Beijing and urge a national reckoning.

Photos of the Tiananmen Square Protests Through the Lens of a Student WitnessAfter three decades, Jian Liu decided to reveal images he took of the hopeful 1989 student movement and its bloody aftermath.

How China Is Planning to Rank 1.3 Billion PeopleChina has a radical plan to influence the behavior of its 1.3 billion citizens: It wants to grade them based on aspects of their lives to reflect how good (or bad) a civilian they are. Versions of the so-called social credit system are being tested in a dozen or so cities with the aim of creating a network that encompasses the whole nation. Critics say it’s a heavy-handed, intrusive and sinister way for a one-party state to control the population. Supporters say it’ll make for a more considerate

China's Great Firewall UpFront.pdf

How Confucius loses face in China’s new surveillance regime – Philip Ivanhoe | Aeon IdeasHow China’s new state surveillance culture is changing the country’s centuries-old Confucian-inspired understanding of ‘face’

Uighur Detention Camps

China UndercoverA special undercover report from China’s secretive Xinjiang region.

Chinese New Year is a stunning spectacle of human migration in 3 billion journeys | Aeon VideosChinese New Year (also known as Lunar New Year), which starts on the new moon that falls between 21 January and 20 February, is celebrated by some 1.5 billion people around the world. And, as travel has become more affordable to China’s rapidly growing middle class, the holiday now accounts for an estimated 3 billion trips (called chunyun in Chinese), making the celebration the world’s largest annual human migration. The New York-based filmmaker Jonathan Bregel uses scenes of this extraordinary human flow to convey both the sheer magnitude of the movement of people and the moments of celebration that are a crucial aspect of the holiday.

India

Imperialism and Independence

White Man's Burden and response.docx

A documentary about the force of nonviolence. Here used to explain Mohandas Gandhi's movement and Satyagraha.

A sobering look at the India/Pakistan border.

Two Indias 2018.pdf

India at a Crossroads article.pdf

A look at the rise and revival of Hindu Nationalism in India.

How Hinduism Became a Political Weapon in IndiaAs an ideology, Hindu nationalism is not even 100 years old—but it has dramatically reshaped politics in India, with Narendra Modi’s help.

Why protests are erupting over India’s new citizenship lawOpponents say the measure is discriminatory and runs counter to the nation’s founding ethos.

Millions in India Could End Up in Modi’s New Detention CampThe camps are the front lines of India's citizenship battle.

India lifted 271 million people out of extreme poverty in just ten yearsA new UN report examined "multidimensional poverty," which includes factors like poor health, lack of education, inadequate living conditions and the ongoing threat of violence.

North Korea and Myanmar

Wherein Dennis Rodman and the Harlem Globetrotters visit Kim Jong Un in North Korea. They engage in "basketball diplomacy." (Above)

Can North Korea Be Stopped UpFront.pdf

This is an excellent documentary about North Korea featuring Michael Palin's visit to the country. A chance to see North Korea in a way that is very rare.

Myanmar's Killing FieldsSecret footage going back years shows the effort to kill and expel Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar.

Genocide in Myanmar.pdf

An article about the ongoing genocide involving the Rohingya in Myanmar.

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