CHINA: Oriental Red Square; CHINA: Oriental Red Square. 3 minute read. TIME. October 15, 1951 12:00 AM GMT-5. ... The lovely city of Peking had no Red Square, like Moscow’s. So the Reds made one.

F or days, workmen had been hustling to decorate Peking’s Gate of Heavenly Peace, scene of Red China’s monster rallies. Up around the square went pictures of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin. On ...