The punishment of history
The punishment of history A century after its formation, the Chinese Communist Party – and Xi Jinping – seem unassailable and increasingly hostile to the West The Chinese Communist Party was founded at a time when China was treated humiliatingly and with disdain by the Great Powers. On 23 July 1921, 50 delegates gathered in secret at an unprepossessing house in the French Concession in Shanghai and started arguing out the details of the new party. After a week of this, on 30 July, the F...
Source: newstatesman.com