Tag: Mao
Mao Aoust, the CBD baron from Marseille who is leading the cannabis cultural revolution
Spring 2018, Zurich, Switzerland. Cannabis vacuum bags change hands. “Life really hasn’t changed,” thought Mao Aoust as he concluded the transaction. And for good reason. The latest he had made…
Xi Jinping now as powerful as Mao Zedong? The story of the man who shaped China like no other
The Central Committee of the Communist Party approved Xi Jinping’s third term in office on Sunday in Beijing. Comparisons with Mao Zedong are being invoked more and more frequently. Who…
Xi Jinping obtains a third mandate at the head of the country, a first since Mao
Xi Jinping is now the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Tse-tung. The president was reappointed, unsurprisingly, this Sunday at the head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), now made…
China: How Xi Jinping became the most powerful man since Mao
Head of State of China First inconspicuous, then tough: How Xi Jinping rose to become the most powerful ruler since Mao Not since Mao has there been such a personality…
Mao initially didn’t want Taiwan: How China rewrites history
quarrel over island Mao didn’t want Taiwan at first: how China twisted history Originally viewed Taiwanese as a distinct people: Mao Tsetung, here in 1967 as China’s head of state.…
China: History twisted: Mao didn’t want Taiwan at all at first
China’s Communist Party has threatened Taiwan, claiming it is “Chinese sacred soil”. But founding father Mao Tsetung himself advocated the island’s independence. China’s Communist Party presents the Taiwan conflict as…
Premier League investigation: Mao chokes the golden goose – sport
In England, football should actually decide what its future should look like. But who does football belong to, which stakeholders, fans and officials alike claim for themselves? Because the game…