Once the chairman’s flame was extinguished, Jiang Qing’s reflected glow quickly dimmed. Widely reviled for her role in spreading terror and anarchy during the Cultural Revolution, Jiang Qing soon found herself politically isolated, without powerful patrons or protectors. […]
Jiang Qing and her leftist allies set about methodically trying to undermine the Deng Xiaoping-Zhou Enlai axis, after Deng was recalled by Mao. […]
Officially, there was a plot to
assassinate Mao on the night of September 12. But before Lin Biao and the plotters could set their plan in motion, Lin’s daughter inadvertently revealed the plot’s existence to an associate of Premier Zhou Enlai, whereupon Zhou ordered the immediate arrest of the conspirators, including Lin Biao, his wife, and his son. […]
The growing dependence that North Vietnam had on the Soviet Union was disliked by China. The two nations, China and Russia, were competing in a high-stakes battle in pursuit of leading the Communist bloc. […]
The Sino-Soviet relationship was already strained, but after Mao’s cultural revolution and later events, it reached an all-time low, and an all-out conflict became a realistic possibility. […]
The Black Death changed the medieval world. It decimated populations of skilled workers, became an epidemic hard to get rid of, and threatened the socio-economic structure of the society. […]
The plague that swept through the city of Surat in India was the kind that went undetected. This was because it was a pneumonic plague that presented itself initially as a flu. […]
Black death has remained a benchmark when it comes death caused by an epidemic and mortality rate. Yet, modern epidemics have more teeth owing to modern travel. […]
Self-governance, jurisdiction, and resource development are areas of contemporary struggle, testing the limits of individual rights and tribal sovereignty. From survival, the Natives have moved on and inaugurated an era of recovery and revitalization. […]
Repatriation and federal recognition have proven to be two difficult aspects of the struggle for survival for Native nations. They have tested both the limits of individual rights and tribal sovereignty. […]
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