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Mao Zedong
July 5, 2023
Tori Otten
North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Calls for Lifting Taboo on Quoting Hitler
Mark Robinson made the declaration at the far-right Moms for Liberty summit.
June 23, 2023
Magazine
Win McCormack
Black Cat or White Cat
Which will catch the most mice?
March 17, 2023
Magazine
Win McCormack
The Thucydides Trap
Can the United States and China avoid military conflict?
June 22, 2022
Timothy Noah
I Don’t Give a Rat’s Ass About Trump’s “State of Mind”
He may well be incapable of feeling guilt. So was Mao. And that’s a defense?
February 18, 2022
Walter Shapiro
A Better Parallel to the Russia-Ukraine Crisis: The Communist Takeover of China
World War II comparisons are a dime a dozen these days, but a different cataclysm of the 1940s is more instructive.
October 28, 2020
Frank Smyth
The Myths Fueling Today’s Armed Right
How the NRA seeded the storylines animating the violent groups that will be patrolling this year’s election
January 22, 2019
Robert Foyle Hunwick
Trump and Xi: A Tale of Two Egos
The leaders facing off in the U.S.-China trade war are obsessed with prestige.
November 15, 2012
Christina Larson
Goodbye to the Hu Jintao Era
March 21, 2011
Martin Peretz
Tel Aviv Journal: Muammar Qaddafi’s Reading List and Mine
September 8, 2010
Martin Peretz
The Dovish Editor At More-Than-Dovish Ha'aretz Praises Bibi Netanyahu, And Very Deservedly
November 19, 2009
John B. Judis
Obama in Seoul: My Problem with Foreign News
November 12, 2001
Jennifer Homans
The Undying Swan
February 27, 1965
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Edgar Snow
Interview with Mao
In a rare interview, Mao Tse-Tung conversed on topics ranging over what he himself called shan nan hai pei, or “from south of the mountains to north of the seas.”
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