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Warsaw Pact
December 22 1989 Nicolae Ceausescu’s dictatorship in Romania ends
On December 22nd 1989, Nicolae Ceaucescu’s dictatorship in Romania ended, after politician Ion Iliescu became the new President. It was also the official end of Communism within Romania, after 42 years of Communist rule under leaders Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej and Nicolae Ceausescu. While Gheorghiu-Dej is often condemned as a neo-Stalinist ruler, despite his attempts to abandon … Continue reading
May 14 1955 Warsaw Pact formed
The Soviet Union and seven of its European satellites sign a treaty establishing the Warsaw Pact, a mutual defence organisation that put the Soviets in command of the armed forces of the member states. The Warsaw Pact, so named because the treaty was signed in Warsaw, included the Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East … Continue reading
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Recent Posts: China News
Australians at risk of arbitrary arrest in China, Australian government travel advice warns
Cadence Column: Asia, July 6, 2020
The bubonic plague is back again in China’s Inner Mongolia
U.S. operations in the South China Sea show that Washington is ‘not backing down’
The world is finally uniting against China’s bully tactics
Hong Kong man accused of terrorism in first use of China’s new security law
