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The Explainer: On the New People’s Army
That was a scene from “The Last Emperor,” showing the period in China’s history in the late 60s known as the Cultural Revolution. The Cultural Revolution thrilled radical students in the Philippines....
View ArticleThe Explainer: Tiananmen Remembered
That was from the documentary “Tank Man” which you can find online and I hope you’ll watch the whole thing. It has entered Chinese remembrance as SIX FOUR, for on that date, June 4, 1989, China was...
View ArticleThe Explainer: The Defiant Era
You don’t see that political choreography in China anymore, but 1960s style Cultural Revolution choreography is alive and well in nostalgic Manila. Forty years ago, the First Quarter Storm rocked...
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