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Mao Zedong

Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei walks by his work "Life Cycle", a migrants' boat made of bamboo, during a press preview of his new exhibition "Rapture" in Lisbon, Portugal
Arts, Culture & Media
A new memoir by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei honors his father’s poetry and politics
A screen shows Chinese President Xi Jinping speak during a ceremony to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Chinese Communist Party at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, July 1, 2021.
Global Politics
Reflections on the 100-year anniversary of China’s Communist Party  
Con Artist, Iron Fists, Talib Kweli
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Mary Kay Magistad (left),host of the Whose Century Is It? podcast, with Ian Johnson, author of "The Souls of China," and Jennifer Lin, author of "Shanghai Faithful," at The Mechanics Institute in San Francisco.
Soul searching in China
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Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping dons cowboy hat during his 1979 US visit, at the start of a new era in US-China relations
China, the US and the lessons of history
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Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with one of American history’s greatest statesman, Henry Kissinger, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 17, 2015.
Global Politics
Mao had a little red book. Xi Jinping has a little red app.
Chinese police monitor a march by tens of thousands of protesters in the special economic zone of Shenzhen in southern China on May 22, 1989. Hundreds of people were killed in Beijing on June 4, 1989 when Chinese troops crushed demonstrations which called
Conflict & Justice
25 years ago, there was dissent within the Chinese military about killing Tiananmen protesters
An apartment where Mao Zedong lived briefly in Shanghai has been opened as a small museum. It sits in the middle of the Jing An Kerry Center, which features glassy office towers and upscale retail.
Development & Education
You can find Mao’s old apartment inside a mall in Shanghai
An apartment where Mao Zedong lived briefly in Shanghai has been opened as a small museum. It sits in the middle of the Jing An Kerry Center, which features glassy office towers and upscale retail.
Development & Education
You can find Mao’s old apartment inside a mall in Shanghai
Bian Zhongyun's children mourn the death of their mother, as seen in the documentary "Though I am Gone." Bian was a school principal who beaten to death 1968 by a crowd.
Global Politics
How to apologize for the Cultural Revolution without blaming the Communist Party
Bian Zhongyun's children mourn the death of their mother, as seen in the documentary "Though I am Gone." Bian was a school principal who beaten to death 1968 by a crowd.
Global Politics
How to apologize for the Cultural Revolution without blaming the Communist Party
At a Beijing theme restaurant called 'Red Classic', you can re-live the Cultural Revolution every week.
Arts, Culture & Media
How do you say you’re sorry for taking part in China’s ‘Cultural Revolution’?
Global Politics
In China, propaganda remains expansive, but more hidden
Communist Party political drama unfolds on the Internet for millions of Chinese to see
Chinese challenge government online
Arts, Culture & Media
The power of art as propaganda
Development & Education
Rapid urbanization in Beijing
What the Developing World Can Teach Us about Economic Growth
Global Politics
China’s Evolving Propaganda: From a Benevolent Mao Zedong to Today’s Slick Machine
Conflict & Justice
China’s Social Media Reacts Over Growing Political Scandal
Global Politics
Meeting of the grandchildren
Global Politics
Win in China
Global Politics
Love and conflict in modern China
Global Politics
Hard life for disabled in China
Environment
China’s earthquake response
Arts, Culture & Media
Chinese novels
Arts, Culture & Media
Famed China reporter dies