China expected to grant Xi 5 more years, no major changes China on Sunday opens a twice-a-decade party conference at which leader Xi Jinping is expected to receive a third five-year term that breaks with recent precedent and establishes himself as arguably the most powerful Chinese politician since Mao Zedong.Commentsview comments in forum Page 1 You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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Josef Stalin flat-out compared himself to the Tsars when he described his job to his mother, and was called the "Red Tsar" in the same way that Mao Zedong was called the "Red Emperor". The major difference was that they wore military uniforms and commissar caps instead of crowns and ermine capes...and even then most European monarchs switched to dress uniforms by the 19th century!
It'd be interesting to compare the palace coups of monarchies with those of Communist dictatorships. I wouldn't be surprised if they were more similar than anyone expected.
It's not a coincidence that Communism was mostly established either in countries that were former absolute monarchies (Russia and China) or were newly independent colonies whose populations had no means of holding their European overlords accountable.
Josef Stalin flat-out compared himself to the Tsars when he described his job to his mother, and was called the "Red Tsar" in the same way that Mao Zedong was called the "Red Emperor". The major difference was that they wore military uniforms and commissar caps instead of crowns and ermine capes...and even then most European monarchs switched to dress uniforms by the 19th century!
It'd be interesting to compare the palace coups of monarchies with those of Communist dictatorships. I wouldn't be surprised if they were more similar than anyone expected.
Well put, I'd rep if I could.