Yuan Tengfei
Yuan Tengfei, is a historian and former history teacher in the People's Republic of China. In an article in The New York Times, Yuan claims that history textbooks in China included omissions because the ruling government fears challenges to its authority, illustrating this by comparing this to the USSR: "They didn't begin telling the truth in the Soviet Union until after it collapsed, did they?" He was a popular guest in Lecture Room of CCTV. Additionally, he released several books based on his history lectures in classrooms and on TV.
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- Capital Normal University
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1972
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