Legacy of Marxism and historical revisionism in modern-day China

FRANCE 24 English published this video item, entitled “Legacy of Marxism and historical revisionism in modern-day China” – below is their description.

Professor Rana Mitter, director of Oxford University’s China Centre, analyses the simplification of the history of #China, within Chinese #CommunistParty rhetoric and #propaganda, and the historical revisionism that they engage in.

Important details of China’s complex modern history are being whitewashed out of the Chinese national memory.

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