One of Stalin’s gulags was an island filled with cannibals
In 1930, Joseph Stalin sent 6,700 peasants into internal exile. The Communist party labeled the alleged rural capitalists as “kulaks,” condemned to be worked to death on an unknown island….
In 1930, Joseph Stalin sent 6,700 peasants into internal exile. The Communist party labeled the alleged rural capitalists as “kulaks,” condemned to be worked to death on an unknown island….
There aren’t a lot of places in the world that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency hasn’t been. Communist China became one of those places almost as soon as the agency…
For the past year, China has imprisoned Muslims for displaying their faith, compelled Buddhists to vow devotion to the ruling coalition, and pressured Christian churches to remove their crosses. The…
Communist China entered Tibet and occupied the country in 1951, forcing it to adopt a 17-point agreement under the threat of violence. For eight years the Tibetans lived under the…
At first glance, it looks as if little Taiwan is outgunned by its neighbor across the Taiwan Strait, the Chinese Communist juggernaut. It looks that way at second glance too….
The era of the 1980s through the mid-1990s was a great time to be a member of the U.S Army’s 7th Special Forces Group, 7th SFG(A). The unit had barely escaped the ax during the post-Vietnam drawdown. It had also survived the malaise of the Carter y…
“South Park” fired back at China during the 300th episode after the country banned the long-running Comedy Central animated series.
In the episode, titled “SHOTS!!!,” Towelie forces Randy Marsh to declare “F— the Chinese government.” M…
In 1949, Chinese Communists under Mao Zedong finally managed to chase the Chinese Nationalists off the mainland and to Taiwan, where they remain to this day. After 70 years of communism and varying degrees of personal and economic freedom for the Ch…
“Is Stalin a man of genius, or not?”
The reply that came during a seance, according to a defendant’s testimony given at a Kyiv court on March 10, 1948, was that the Soviet dictator was no such thing.
Coming at a time when Josef Stalin…
In April 1978, an Afghan tank commander rushed to tell President Mohammed Daoud Khan of a coming coup attempt. The President ordered his tank commander to circle to the presidential palace. Khan did not want to be caught off guard. He had only taken…