John Mac Ghlionn in the American Conservative describes the powerful effects of the theories of Wang Huning on Chinese foreign policy, particularly towards the West. Wang’s thought has also significantly influenced Chinese economic policy, family planning and patriotism, all shaped by lessons Huning took from the cracks he saw in Western society already 35 years ago.

Toppling a Communist Empire for $2.7 Million
Though widely thought of as focused on waterboarding terrorists or poisoning foreign potentates, it was by smuggling paper that the CIA achieved its most monumental triumph. R.M. Gerecht in a book review for The Washington Free Beacon charts how the late Cold War-era operation to flood Poland with Western books, magazines, printing supplies and audio recordings fatally weakened the country’s Communist dictatorship, setting the stage for the downfall of the entire Soviet empire. Total cost: US$2.7 million.


