During the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s, the Communist Party of China (CCP) deployed the weapon of compelled self-abasement to devastating effect. In the practice, rendered in English as the “Struggle Session,” enemies of the party, real or imagined, were…
Beijing Everything in China appears is big. The population is big. The cities are big. The people’s aspirations are big. The state’s ambitions are big. The battle over the future also is big. I recently returned from several days in…
