The hermetically sealed heavy steel door to the bunker of Romania's late communist dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu, opens with a squeak, releasing a burst of cool air. The bunker sits two levels beneath a lavish villa in an upmarket neighborhood in Bucharest, Ceausescu's private residence through ...
Zhou Youguang, a linguist considered the father of modern China's Pinyin Romanization system, died Saturday at the age of 111. Born in 1906 during China's last imperial dynasty, the Qing, Zhou died at his home in Beijing, one day after celebrating his birthday, according to ...
North Korea is observing a three-day period of mourning for Fidel Castro, seen by Pyongyang as a rare comrade-in-arms against their common enemy, the United States. The North has ordered that flags outside official buildings be flown at half-staff to honor Castro, the country's state ...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has agreed to a new cease-fire with Maoist-led guerrillas, who declared a truce several hours before, ahead of fresh peace talks in Norway next week, a senior administration official said on Saturday. The cease-fire will come into effect from Sunday morning. Duterte ...
As China's Cultural Revolution descended into mob violence, teenage Red Guards dragged Mao Yushi and his father, two proud and bookish engineers, out of their home to sweep a boulevard as a crowd watched and jeered. The pair were then lashed with a copper-flecked ...
Fifty years ago, China embarked on what was formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, a decade of tumult launched by Mae Zedong to revive communist goals and enforce a radical egalitarianism. The milestone was largely ignored Monday in Chinese media, reflecting continuing ...
Poland's president and government ministers took part Sunday in the state burial of a World War II resistance commander and communist regime victim whose remains were found in a hidden mass grave. The funeral at Warsaw's Powazki military cemetery was part of democratic Poland's efforts ...
A top magazine of China's ruling Communist Party lashed out at critics of its ongoing anti-corruption campaign, saying foreign media and individuals from home and abroad were intentionally trying to discredit the effort as a political "power struggle." Chinese President Xi Jinping has pursued a ...
For decades, Hong Kong thrived as an Asian business hub thanks to its killer combination of Western freedoms, independent courts and closeness to mainland China's booming market. Now political and economic ills from the mainland are eroding that edge. Swedish-Chinese author Gui Minhai was counting ...
Following its pledge to control media more tightly, Chinese authorities shut down microblogging accounts belonging to a real estate mogul and frequent government critic after he lambasted state media for swearing fealty to the ruling Communist Party. The Cyberspace Administration of China published on its ...
One-party rule in communist Vietnam is a far better alternative to authoritarianism disguised as democracy, according to Nguyen Phu Trong who was re-elected party chief and consequently the country's leader this week. "A country without discipline would be chaotic and unstable . . . we ...
When Vietnam starts the process of picking its new leadership this month, the Communist Party is set for a tense behind-the-scenes debate: Opt for officials who want to preserve ties with neighbor China, or for those who would steer the country closer to the ...
