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September 9, 2019 Open Forum
Who Controls the Past Controls the Future: The political use of WWII history in Russia & China

Under a perfectly blue sky in September 2015, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin strode out to the Gate of Heavenly Peace in the center of Beijing. This was […]

Katie Stallard

Great Patriotic War, political memory, Victory Day, Vladimir Putin, World War II, Xi Jinping
October 15, 2015 Special Forum
Xi Jinping as Historian: Marxist, Chinese, Nationalist, Global

“Only by having a correct recognition of history can it be possible for us to open up a better future. … Forgetting history signifies betrayal.”1 In February 2014, […]

Alison Kaufman

China Dream, China's national rejuvenation, Chinese history, Chineseness, National identity, Victory Day