For several generations, historians have been writing about the “roots” or “origins” of the communist revolution in China.

“In history,” the late historian Paul Johnson memorably observed, “there are no inevitabilities.” Johnson’s adage holds true with the Chinese Civil War. In 1949, communism emerged triumphant, securing ...

China was hermetically closed for decades after the Communist Party came to power in 1949. Even today, access to primary sources, not least party archives, remains haphazard at best. The party ...

Ma Xingrui is a member of the party's Central Committee and served as party secretary of the Xinjiang region in China's northwest from 2021-2025.

FILE PHOTO: Retired official Song Ping arrives next to Wen Jiabao, former Chinese premier, Zhang Dejiang, former vice premier, and Zeng Qinghong, former vice president, for the opening ceremony of the ...

China was hermetically closed for decades after the Communist Party came to power in 1949. Even today, access to primary sources, not least party archives, remains haphazard at best. The party ...