Page from Karl Marx manuscript sells for $524,000
Beijing, May 23: A page from a manuscript belonging to Karl Marx has sold for 3.34 million yuan ($524,000) at an auction here.
Provided by local businessman Feng Lun, the page was sold on Monday at a price more than 10 times higher than the starting price, official news portal China.org reported on Wednesday.
The document was part of the more than 1,250 pages of notes the German thinker and philosopher wrote in London between September 1850 and August 1853 as a draft for "Capital: Critique of Political Economy", Efe news cited the report as saying.
The page contained extracts and analyses of the book "Practical Treatise on Banking" by British banker James William Gilbart which Marx referenced while writing "Capital".
In the same auction, a manuscript belonging to Marx's contemporary Friedrich Engels (who co-wrote with Marx the "Communist Manifesto") was sold for 1.67 million yuan.
The auction came the same month during which China commemorated the 200th anniversary of Marx's birth, an event marked by a solemn ceremony at the Great Hall of the People and a speech by Chinese President Xi Jinping who called Marx the greatest thinker of modern times.
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RSS has global network of over 2,500 groups for money laundering: Priyank Kharge
Bengaluru: Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Priyank Kharge has alleged involvement of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in a money transfer network at global level.
Posting his allegation on his personal ‘X’ account on Saturday morning, Kharge said that he was referring to an issue that had not been dealt with decisively by Indian media houses.
“Here is a crucial story that the Indian media will never touch,” the minister has said, and clarified, “This so-called “body of individuals” has built a global network of over 2,500 affiliated organisations. Through these fronts, the RSS collects “guru dakshina” to fuel its divisive agenda. (sic)”
Kharge has further alleged, “The world’s largest NGO is running amok, laundering money and evading accountability.”
The minister added, “Here is a map of their organisational architecture of their “Vichar Parivaar.” https://rssproject.caravanmagazine.in / @thecaravanindia”
