"The late CCP elder Li Rui, who once served as Mao Zedong's secretary, left behind private diaries documenting the inner workings of the CCP. These diaries are crucial archives that the CCP cannot manipulate to rewrite history. Li Rui's daughter, following his wishes, entrusted the diaries to the Hoover Institution at Stanford University in California. However, Li Rui's second wife, Zhang Yuzhen, filed a lawsuit to retrieve them, which Stanford University believes is being orchestrated by the CCP behind the scenes. The lawsuit officially went to trial on the 19th of this month."

"Why are Li Rui's diaries so important?"

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