Dear Jean,
I am taking an Asian history class and I have an interesting assignment ahead of me for the end of the semester. I am supposed to write a 10 page paper on who I think was the most famous person in Chinese history. While I can certainly pick someone myself, I am curious about [...]
Posts Tagged ‘mao zedong’
Who Is the Most Famous Person in Chinese History?
Posted by Jean Chesterton on November 25th, 2008
Why China is No Longer a Communist Country
Posted by Robert Vance on July 25th, 2008
I saw Chairman Mao one time in Beijing. Or at least I thought it was Chairman Mao. I was only able to glance at him for five short seconds before a somber faced security guard prodded myself and hundreds of other people out of the Chairman Mao Mausoleum and back onto Tiananmen Square. Yes, Mao Zedong, the founder of [...]
Posted in The Vance Report 
Tags: CCP, chairman mao, chinese friends, Communism, Communists, mao mausoleum, mao zedong, republic of china, tiananmen square 
40 Comments »Abortion and Chairman Mao Dominate the Weekly China Roundup
Posted by Robert Vance on July 12th, 2008
The Weekly China Roundup from Sino News on TeachAbroadChina.com
Forced abortions are still taking place in China according to some of my close friends here. A lady explains to me this week that having to pay fines for a child that has already been born is one thing;having the government find out that you are pregnant with [...]
Posted in The Vance Report Tags: 2008-Olympics, abortion, chairman mao, China, China travel guide, chinese province, mao zedong, president bush No Comments »
