The Relationship Between Red and Communists in the 20th Century

In china, red was historically a very auspicious colour. From thousands of years earlier. It was associated with long life and good luck. When when mao came to power in china, he linked up the political, left wing associations with red to the ancient associations with red in china. But it 's also important to say these, these meanings aren't always consistent. So for instance, in the wet in europe, for instance, red is the party of mostly left wing parties. Whereas if you crosse the atlantic, it's the other way round. The the right of centre republican party, is associated with red, and the left of centre democrat party