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Ukrainian scholar promotes Chinese history

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China's Rebel Historians

Uncovering the Cultural Revolution’s Awful Truths
Barbara Demick
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During the Cultural Revolution, a rebel group subjects a rival leader to a criticism session. (Li Zhensheng / Contact Press Images)
This article was published online on December 18, 2020.
In China, history long occupied a quasi-religious status. During imperial times, dating back thousands of years and enduring until the collapse of the Qing dynasty in 1911, historians’ dedication to recording the truth was viewed as a check against wrongdoing by the emperor. Rulers, though forbidden from interfering, of course tried.
So have their successors. Among the most intent on harnessing history for political gain are the current leaders of the Chinese Communist Party. They routinely scrub Chinese-language scholarly books, journals, and textbooks of anything that might undermine their own legitimacy including anything that tarnishes Mao Zedong, the fou ....

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