Chinese intellectuals
Li Dazhao and Cao Dafu could not have had more different takes on Soviet Russia
and it was these differences that led to the demise of one and the celebration
of another. Unlike the Russian centenary, it is not easy today, with Mao’s
heirs still in power, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of a 1957 campaign
that led to the purge of many intellectuals, including Cao. So why is Li
remembered and Cao forgotten? In “The Victory of Bolshevism”, an essay
published i