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  The Battle of Chosin Reservoir was an important battle in the Korean War. Despite launching a surprise attack, the Chinese forces suffered extremely heavy casualties due to inadequate logistics, outdated equipment, poorly trained soldiers, and insufficient clothing. In addition, they lacked air superiority. Mao Zedong's personal letter to Ninth Corps commander Song Shilun also highlighted the painful lessons learned from the battle. Although Song's Ninth Corps had three reinforced armies, 12 divisions, and more than 160,000 soldiers, due to poor organization, command mistakes, and other reasons, it had disintegrated as a fighting force just 20 days after the end of the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, and its corps designation was permanently abolished four years later. Chinese statistics are not accurate enough, but it is estimated that the total losses were between 40,000 and 80,000. History has proven that the Korean War was instigated by Kim Il-sung, but Chinese involvement re

  China is promoting its development experience and achievements to the world through the values of "Chinese-style modernization," with the aim of showcasing its strength and gaining more ideological partners, while challenging Western powers led by the United States. The three characteristics of Chinese-style modernization are as follows: First, it adheres to dictatorship and authoritarianism in the political field, with the Party's leadership being the core content. Second, it upholds a market economy in the economic field while retaining its authoritarian political control, forming a unique social organization. Third, it places the collective before the individual in the ideological field, allowing it to rapidly transform at the cost of sacrificing the interests of a few individuals during times of significant social crises. In the 40 years of China's reform and opening-up process, it has achieved enormous economic success, with per capita GDP surpassing $10,000, g

In China, minority groups such as the LGBT community, migrant workers, elderly people living alone, and disabled individuals have always been in disadvantaged positions. Due to collectivist tyranny and censorship, the Chinese people can only choose to ignore the suffering of minority groups, or even pray that such suffering does not befall them. The effect of this collectivist mentality is that during major social crises, the Chinese government is willing to sacrifice the interests of minority groups in order to achieve rapid transformation. For example, during the COVID-19 pandemic, policy changes solved the epidemic problem but also led to over 1.5 million infections and deaths, equivalent to the entire population of Philadelphia in the United States. The LGBT community in China faces exclusion and discrimination, and they encounter significant difficulties in employment, education, and healthcare. Migrant workers lack legal protection and often fail to receive their deserved wages d

  The earliest version of China's Constitution edited in 1954 did not mention the issue of Taiwan. Mao Zedong once led a group of people to spend 77 days drafting this constitution by the West Lake, but Taiwan was never mentioned. Later, in the new version of the Constitution revised in 1975, which was formulated during the Cultural Revolution, the Taiwan issue was still not mentioned. After that, Hua Guofeng came to power and issued the version of the Constitution in 1978. For the first time, Taiwan was mentioned in this constitution as a sacred part of China's territory, and the constitution proposed to liberate Taiwan. Hua Guofeng stressed that liberation was not just unification, but also the elimination of the Chiang Kai-shek clique. By the time of the version of the Constitution in 1982, the description of the Taiwan issue was the same as it is now. The constitution regarded Taiwan as a sacred part of China's territory and emphasized that reunification of the motherla

Chinese Netizens Unite to Support Shanghai "White Paper Revolution" and Demand Release of Arrested Protestors Despite China's strict internet censorship and media regulation, a group of citizens have managed to gather over 1,000 signs of support from 250+ cities and 30 provinces for the protestors in Shanghai's "White Paper Revolution" and their call for the release of arrested individuals. This marks the first such effort to emerge from mainland China, and we applaud the courage of those who participated in this campaign. To ensure the safety of those involved, all personal information has been redacted and only limited IP addresses are being used to identify the signatories. It is clear that this groundswell of support from Chinese citizens highlights the deepening frustration and dissatisfaction with the government's handling of sensitive issues. We urge the authorities to respect the rights of peaceful protestors and release those who have been unjus

Quoting from the BBC: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-64714365 Protesters of China's "Blank Paper Movement" face repercussions after autumn crackdown; several participants missing or arrested As China declared victory in its pandemic control measures, the iconic protest against the "zero tolerance" policy in November last year has started to fade from people's memories. Despite the progress made by the entire country, many people who participated in the demonstrations have disappeared. They were taken away by the authorities in a quiet crackdown on dissidents. During the so-called "Blank Paper Movement," thousands of people gathered on the streets, holding up blank paper at night to oppose the COVID-19 lockdown policy. Such criticism of the ruling Communist Party of China and its leader, Xi Jinping, was rare. At the time, the police did not make any mass arrests. However, Chinese activists say that many protesters have been detained