Posted : 2021-02-18 13:40
Updated : 2021-02-18 16:33
The portrait of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong is seen on Tiananmen Gate, which is covered during renovation works, in Beijing, China, in this May 2019 file photo. Reuters-Yonhap
'China 1949' tells the story of lingering fallout of Chinese civil war on East Asia and beyond
By Kang Hyun-kyung
Graham Hutchings, author of "China 1949: Year of Revolution" / Courtesy of Graham HutchingsGraham Hutchings, an associate at Oxford University's China Center and honorary professor of politics and international relations at Nottingham University, revisited what happened in China about seven decades ago in his recently published book, "China 1949: Year of Revolution," providing clues as to what to expect in East Asia in the foreseeable future.