Justice finally catches up with Comrade Duch of the Khmer Rouge

Four more Khmer Rouge members face trial, but they are so old they may die before they are brought to justice

Picture Past: June 24, 1948, Berlin Airlift

1948: The Berlin Airlift began after Communist forces cut off the city.

Both China and the West have distorted the truth about the Tiananmen Square protests and the massacre that followed

By focusing on the student protests in Tiananmen Square Western liberals ignore the bigger tragedy

Battle of the superpowers

Propoganda artwork from the Cold War collected by David Crowley

The Prague Spring, 40 years on

On August 20 1968, Soviet tanks invaded Czechoslovakia to bring an end to President Dubcek's liberalising reforms

Pic of the Day: Jiang Zemin at Communist Party Congress

Former leader at China's 17th Communist Party Conference