A great connoisseur of communist totalitarian states and post-Soviet regimes, journalist and historian Thierry Wolton is the author, notably of
A World History of Communism
in three volumes published by Grasset, which caused a stir:
Les Bourreaux
(2015),
Les Victimes
( 2016),
Les Complices
(2017), Today Prize 2018.
Reclusive in his country since the start of the health crisis for fear of the pandemic, Xi Jinping went to Hong Kong to celebrate this July 1 the 25th anniversary of the return of this archipelago by London to the People's Republic, after a century and half of British colonization.
This exceptional trip measures the importance given by the Chinese number one to this event which corresponded at the same time to the entry into office of John Lee, the new chief executive of the city, appointed by Beijing a few weeks ago.
Two symbols in one for the Chinese president: confirming with his presence that the former colony is now an integral part…
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