The British Empire and Slavery: Why Everybody is So Wrong
Without a proper appreciation for history, we may never improve on the prosperity and peace laid down by the British Empire.
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Eden Mitchell
Sep 14 min read
The Dictatorship of Mao Zedong
[Communism in China: Part 4] With the Kuomintang no longer a threat, Mao quickly began to reform China into ‘His’ communist state.
Luke Powell
Jul 2110 min read
Why Soviet Russia Tried to Abolish the Family
In the name of ‘freedom’, Soviet Russia got rid of the family and responsibility in favour of freedom without restraint.
Eden Mitchell
Jun 22 min read
The Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War
[Communism in China: Part 3] In 1937, a war broke out between China and Japan that lasted for 8 years and ended up being a part of WW2.
Eden Mitchell
Sep 26, 20233 min read
The Long March and the Chinese Soviet Republic
[Communism in China: Part 2] The alliance forged between the Nationalist Party of China and the Communists began to break down...
Eden Mitchell
Jul 16, 20232 min read
The Rise of Communism in China
[Communism in China series: Part 1] The fall of the Chinese monarchy and the rise of communism under Yat-Sen.
Cody Mitchell
Jul 27, 202212 min read
From Indian Import to Local Enterprise: How Chinese Buddhism became uniquely ‘Chinese’
This essay seeks to determine both the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of Buddhist development in China.
Eilish McCormick
Nov 8, 20214 min read
Russia vs America: The Space Race
Beginning during the Cold War, the Space Race was a technological competition between the United States of America (USA) and the United Stat
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