The unsolved murder of a West German border guard might have been communist revenge
In 1998, German police officers found the body of a taxi cab operator and father of five named Hans Pluchke in the town of Wiesenfeld. He had been shot through…
Why brainwashing is so effective in communist countries
When the Korean War erupted, Korean and Chinese captors allegedly brainwashed American prisoners of war in detention centers. Numerous detainees eventually admitted to germ warfare — which they had not done…
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….
The CIA’s Special Activities Division rescued the Dalai Lama from the Chinese communists
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…
This is why China has declared war on organized religion
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…
One Indian soldier killed 300 Chinese soldiers in a single battle
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…
5 reasons Taiwan could defeat Communist China without the United States
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….
How the Green Berets stemmed the communist tide in El Salvador
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’ takes on Chinese government after China banned the show
“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…
China celebrates 70 years of Communist rule with a military flex
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…