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China Tiananmen Square. Reuters
by Ghassan Charbel | Mar 20, 2017 | Opinion
Sometimes, places increase a journalist’s curiosity. We were at the People’s Palace in Beijing in front of the famous Tiananmen Square and close to the mausoleum of Mao Zedong at the lunch hosted by President Xi Jinping in honor of his guest, King Salman...
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File photo of Chinese students brandishing Mao Zedong’s little Red Book. (Asharq AL-Awsat)
by Amir Taheri | Jun 30, 2013 | Lifestyle & Culture
Shanghai, Asharq Al-Awsat—For decades, Sinologists have wondered whether China could build a capitalist economy without adopting the political culture that goes with it. The answer to that question is still pending. However, a survey of the political literature that...
