Its in 1966 china was swept up by the rising tide of the cultural revolution in august more than 1000000 people gathered on chan on men square to celebrate. Chairman mao tse tung launched a movement for the masses the aim was to weed out anyone who appeared eager to steer the revolution and peoples mindsets toward capitalism the young people of china became messengers of miles communist doctrine. They were joined by people from all over the world who believed in maos philosophy. More than 400 foreigners were involved in the cultural revolution. Their sons and daughters known as the red children were given a communist education and as teenagers were drawn into the revolution their lives are a missing page in an otherwise well known chapter of chinese history. The story of the red children begins with that of their parents during this tumultuous period of the 20th century they left their homes with the dream of helping to found a new china. For someone say. My father was born into an upp
This in 1966 china was swept up by the rising tide of the cultural revolution in august more than 1000000 people gathered on chan on many square to celebrate. Chairman mao tse tung launched a movement for the masses the aim was to weed out anyone who appeared eager to steer the revolution and peoples mindsets toward capitalism the young people of china became messengers of miles communist doctrine. They were joined by people from all over the world who believed in miles philosophy. More than 400 foreigners were involved in the cultural revolution. Their sons and daughters known as the red children were given a communist education and as teenagers were drawn into the revolution their lives are a missing page in an otherwise well known chapter of chinese history. The story of the red children begins with that of their parents during this tumultuous period of the 20th century they left their homes with the dream of helping to found a new china. For someone say you my father was born into
To be arrested for treason. So adam schiff made up a phony call, and he read it to congress and he read it to the people of the United States, and it is a disgrace. The British Government says it has drawn up an updated brexit deal, and is getting ready to put it to the eu. Good morning. Its midnight in london and 7 00am in singapore, and also 7 00am here in hong kong where more protests are expected; this time as a direct response to a date the rest of the country is celebrating. 1 october is the 70th anniversary of the founding of peoples republic of china. The communist leadership has organised a lavish military parade in beijing, and are hoping the big day isnt overshadowed by demonstrations in the former british colony. Rupert Wingfield Hayes has more. On monday in beijing, the whole of Chinas Communist Party leadership turned out to remember the millions who died in the long struggle to establish what they call new china. This was the moment of victory 10ctober1949. Today, china
And you can get all the latest on our website. That is bbc. Co. Uk news. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. Communist china at 70. As the peoples republic marks this significant milestone, we look at the challenges faced by the countrys carmakers. Wework pulls it share sale. One of the worlds most hotly anticipated ipos is dropped. Hello and welcome to Asia Business report. We start with china, because the country marks a major milestone today. It is 70 years since the communist party found that the peoples republic. There has been significant turmoil, and also vast progress, in the decades since then. The economy began to boom in the 19805 the economy began to boom in the 1980s after opening up. By one measure both the world bank and the imf rate china is the worlds biggest economy. The vast country has been the biggest contributor to Global Growth in recent years, dominating key markets including autos. But as robin brant reports from shanghai, the tide has
Political chaos in peru after the president dissolved the opposition controlled congress which then retaliates suspending him from office. Plus a golden night on the track for african athletes ethiopia uganda and kenya and win titles at the world championships. So. Several antigovernment demonstrations are taking place in hong kong as China Celebrates National Day tens of thousands of people are on the streets protests are planned in at least 6 districts throughout the day some metro stations have been closed dozens of shopping malls are shut the doors because of fears that the protests may violent lets go straight to our correspondent sara in the hong kong for the very latest many people in homes. Theyre not not a tool celebrating China National day instead theyre mourning it. Is the Korean National the National Grief march now this is their the rally where were at its the biggest rally in hong kong on tuesday there are a number of other rallies across the city but this is the big one