Communism
‘Red Tourism’ draws Chinese on centennial of Communist Party
World
April 27, 2021
‘Red Tourism’ draws Chinese on centennial of Communist Party
JINGGANGSHAN, China (AP) — On the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party, tourists are flocking to historic sites and…
Ruling Communist Party to set Vietnam’s course this week
World
January 25, 2021
Ruling Communist Party to set Vietnam’s course this week
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Almost 1,600 leading members of Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party meet this week to approve future policy…
A bad year for Xi clouds Communist China’s 70th birthday celebrations
World
August 18, 2019
A bad year for Xi clouds Communist China’s 70th birthday celebrations
It was meant to be an unabashed celebration of the triumph of Communism in China, and of President Xi Jinping’s…
Renowned Hungarian philosopher Agnes Heller dies at 90
World
July 21, 2019
Renowned Hungarian philosopher Agnes Heller dies at 90
Renowned Hungarian philosopher Agnes Heller, who taught political theory for 25 years in New York, has died at the age…
Albanians unearth dark past searching for communism’s victims
World
May 7, 2019
Albanians unearth dark past searching for communism’s victims
After years of scouring documents, tapes and then the slopes of a mountain above Tirana, Jovan Plaku found the remains…
Jack Ma, China’s richest man, is a Communist Party member
World
November 27, 2018
Jack Ma, China’s richest man, is a Communist Party member
Jack Ma, founder of Chinese tech giant Alibaba, is among the world’s richest people but he has now emerged…
Bulgaria urged to save communist-era architectural ‘masterpiece’
World
October 16, 2018
Bulgaria urged to save communist-era architectural ‘masterpiece’
Perched like a vast flying saucer on a central Bulgarian mountainside, Buzludzha is a brutalist concrete monument that was built…
Communist Hanoi gets its first McDonald’s
World
December 2, 2017
Communist Hanoi gets its first McDonald’s
Global burger behemoth McDonald’s opened its first branch on Saturday in the historic heart of communist Hanoi, a conservative city…
Contemporary dance steps out in Poland after communism
Art news
April 26, 2015
Contemporary dance steps out in Poland after communism
When Jacek Krawczyk was growing up in then-communist Poland, the government was happy to train him in karate and acrobatics.
Iraqi Communists mark 1958 revolution
World
July 14, 2012
Iraqi Communists mark 1958 revolution
Hundreds of Iraqi Communist Party supporters marched throughBaghdad on Saturday to mark the July 14 revolution, when army officers overthrew the country's…