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A handshake that 50 years after Nixon's trip to China changed the world: U.S. President Nixon shakes hands with Chinese President Mao Zedong (Feb. 21, 1972, AP) Feb. 21 marks the 50th anniversary of U.S. [1]

BEIJING -- Li Rui, a former secretary to Chinese leader Mao Zedong who later turned into an outspoken critic of the Communist Party, died at a hospital in Beijing on Saturday at the age of 101. [2]

Yangon – On this day in 1954, U Nu, the first prime minister of independent Myanmar, was making his first official goodwill visit to China. It took place five months after Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai’s first visit to Myanmar. [3]

TOKYO -- Back in May 2000, Kim Jong Il made his first trip to China as North Korea's top leader. An informal visit, it was kept under wraps until Kim, the father of North Korea's current leader, returned to Pyongyang. [4]

The following is the text of the Chinese Communist Party's latest resolution on history released by the official Xinhua News Agency. Follow Nikkei Asia's in-depth coverage of Chinese politics here. (confirmed by 2 sources) [5]

Part 2 of a 5-part series. 1962 to 1978: Brothers No More It is generally assumed that Sino-Burmese relations took a turn for the worse in 1967, when anti-Chinese riots broke out in Rangoon. [6]

BEIJING — 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. [7]

TOKYO -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appears to be taking a page from Mao Zedong's playbook by pushing ahead with a nuclear development program, possibly with the ultimate goal of normalizing relations with the U.S. [8]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-02-21 · 85% match

What was discussed during Nixon's visit to China?

A handshake that 50 years after Nixon's trip to China changed the world: U.S. President Nixon shakes hands with Chinese President Mao Zedong (Feb. 21, 1972, AP) Feb. 21 marks the 50th anniversary of U.S.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-02-18 · 75% match

Mao Zedong secretary and party critic dies at 101

BEIJING -- Li Rui, a former secretary to Chinese leader Mao Zedong who later turned into an outspoken critic of the Communist Party, died at a hospital in Beijing on Saturday at the age of 101.

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-12-12 · 75% match

When U Nu Met Mao Zedong

Yangon – On this day in 1954, U Nu, the first prime minister of independent Myanmar, was making his first official goodwill visit to China. It took place five months after Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai’s first visit to Myanmar.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-01-01 · 75% match

Mao Zedong and the roots of the North Korea nuclear crisis

TOKYO -- Back in May 2000, Kim Jong Il made his first trip to China as North Korea's top leader. An informal visit, it was kept under wraps until Kim, the father of North Korea's current leader, returned to Pyongyang.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-11-19 · 75% match

Full text of the Chinese Communist Party's new resolution on history

The following is the text of the Chinese Communist Party's latest resolution on history released by the official Xinhua News Agency. Follow Nikkei Asia's in-depth coverage of Chinese politics here.

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-06-06 · 75% match

China and Burma: Not Only Pauk-Phaw

Part 2 of a 5-part series. 1962 to 1978: Brothers No More It is generally assumed that Sino-Burmese relations took a turn for the worse in 1967, when anti-Chinese riots broke out in Rangoon.

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2016-06-07 · 75% match

Critic of Mao Persists in Documenting China’s Turbulent Past

BEIJING — 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.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-01-15 · 75% match

With 'hydrogen bomb' test, North Korea's Kim emulates Mao

TOKYO -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appears to be taking a page from Mao Zedong's playbook by pushing ahead with a nuclear development program, possibly with the ultimate goal of normalizing relations with the U.S.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-12-27 · 75% match

Taiwan 'surely' will be unified with China, Xi says

BEIJING -- The unification of Taiwan with mainland China "will surely be realized," Chinese President Xi Jinping declared at a speech in Beijing on Tuesday to commemorate the 130th anniversary of Mao Zedong's birth.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-07-01 · 75% match

Full text of Xi Jinping's speech on the CCP's 100th anniversary

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday gave a speech at Beijing's Tiananmen Square to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.

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