Forwarded from Hüseyin Dogru Journalist / red. media founder
Forty-seven years ago today, Mao Zedong, the Chairman of the Communist Party of China, died at 82. In 1949, after 28 years of revolutionary struggle, Mao founded the People's Republic of China, bringing the Chinese Communist Party to power in an extraordinary moment in Chinese, 20th-century, and revolutionary history. Born into a peasant family in the 19th century, he rose to lead China, transforming it from a poverty-stricken feudal nation into a socialist society. During his 27 years in power, Mao improved life expectancy, literacy rates, and increased the number of doctors. Through the establishment of the People's Republic, he also drove imperialism out of China. Significant technological advances, including the launch of a satellite, occurred during his leadership. Read on.
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Forwarded from Ridley Cozakaxo 🦅🦉🐍🐉
Imagine if instead of being torn down the Kowloon walled city had been gentrified and became the model for the walkable city
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Forwarded from Political memes
There’s something very morbidly funny about the fact that towards the end of his Senate career, Romney preferred to work with colleagues he saw as sincerely insane over those who were cynically faking insanity
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