65 years ago today, on 21 Dec 1949, Mao Zedong was in Moscow for the celebration of Josef Stalin's 70th birthday, an event which was presented in the Soviet media as enormously important. This was Mao's first visit to Moscow after the establishment of the People's Republic of China. At the birthday celebrations, Mao was seated at the right hand of Stalin, but he was said to have returned to China fuming, because he only had a brief meeting with Stalin and was for the most part treated only as on

27K views · 195 reactions | Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning on April 10 shared a video footage of Chairman Mao Zedong's speech in 1953 on social media platform X, with the words "We are Chinese. We are not afraid of provocations. We don’t back down. " On April 11, Mao shared another quotation of Chairman Mao in 1964 on the X platform – “America is just a paper tiger. Don't believe its bluff. One poke, and it'll burst!” | Global Times | Facebook