In 1991, fifteen years after Mao Zedong’s death, I met the Great Helmsman for the first time. It was not the most dignified of encounters. At the time, I knew his face better than that of my own ...

As the Cultural Revolution turns 60, here's a look back at some of the fantasies that people projected onto it—and at one ...

Democratic Party (DP) president Norbert Mao is facing renewed political uncertainty following his failure to secure backing in the race for Speaker of Parliament, a development that has reignited ...

A display at the Comrade Mao Zedong Memorial Museum in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, shows the leader's personal effects and a snapshot of his bathroom at Zhongnanhai, China's leadership compound in ...

They're rehearsing the fireworks in preparation for the opening of the Beijing Olympics which debut later this week. But behind the scenes, complaints continue about the blocking of some Internet ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. THE 1,200 VILLAGERS OF GUSHUICUN live in the cradle of Chinese ...

SHAOSHAN, CHINA — LIKE visitors at George Washington’s estate in Mount Vernon, Va., people come to Shaoshan village deep in the heart of China to remember and teach their children about their national ...

Mao Xinyu, grandson of late Chairman Mao Zedong, publishes a new book, Mao Zedong and His Brothers, featuring Mao Zedong and his two younger brothers. [Photo provided to China Daily] A new book on the ...

HONG KONG Mao Zedong's grandson just can't catch a break. The most-mocked man at China's annual rubber-stamp congress--which is wrapping up this week in Beijing--was in some respects also its most ...

BEIJING — It happens every year, under cover of darkness, in the waning days of September. The giant portrait of Chairman Mao in Tiananmen Square -- he of the Mona Lisa gaze, flushed cheeks and ...