Lawford gained notice for appearances in such films as "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1945) and "Son of Lassie" (1945). With the halcyon years of "Ocean's Eleven" (1960) far behind him, the aging actor made due with the occasional film role and guest turns on such TV fare as "...
in Shaoshan, which has become one of the country's most popular red tourism spots (景点) . Mao spent his childhood in Shaoshan. He went on to join and lead the Communist Party (共产党) of China. He played a central role in the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. ...
Who Forced Her to the End of the Road?: With Xiangming Li. Since it came to power in mainland China in 1949, the Chinese Communist Party has been relentless in its persecution of religious faith. It has frantically arrested and murdered Christians, expel
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Member of the the All-Rusian Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1921. Since 1940 involved in party work: a secretary of the Sverdlovsk regional committee of the VCP(b); second secretary of the Kemerovo regional committee of the VCP(b) 1943; first secretary of the Krasnoyarsk city committee ...
With the end of the Cold War, the liberalization of Russia’s and China’s economies, and a worldwide shift toward global trade, Mr. Castro’s communist rhetoric no longer carried the same thunder. Though he still rallied throngs of supporters at hours-long outdoor rallies, his narr...
Along the way Fugui loses his family property, works as a farm hand and a soldier. Thanks to the land reform after the revolution of 1949 Fugui gets some land and his family life goes smoothly for a few years. Then his village is made into a commune with all the advantages and disadvan...
Founder in 1897 of Olds Motor Vehicle Company, maker of the first commercially successful American-made automobile; founder in 1905 of the REO Motor Car Company (later, the Olds company became the Oldsmobile division of General Motors, and Reo became part of truck manufacturer Diamond Reo); ...
The North Koreans were repulsed that autumn by his forces, who finally forced them to retreat toward the Chinese border. President Truman, who was concerned that the People’s Republic of China’s communist government may regard the invasion as an aggressive gesture and get involved in the fig...
Xi Jinping delivers an important speech at a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, capital of China, July 1, 2021. (Xinhua/Ju Peng) BEIJING, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Throughout 2021, a special year in China's history, the schedul...