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Women pray in front of paramilitary policemen at Yonghegong Lama Temple on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Rooster in Beijing, China.
Books
Religion is alive and kicking in officially atheist China
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.
Zhou Xunshu is one of the subjects of Dan Washburn's new book on golf in China
Sports
Golf — once a forbidden game in China — is now booming there
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
Arts, Culture & Media
The History of Rock ‘n’ Roll in China
Arts, Culture & Media
Chinese novels
Arts, Culture & Media
Famed China reporter dies