| 单词 | Mao Zedong |
| 例句 | Nor could any authority with powers short of Mao Zedong have stopped them. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z And immediately beyond Korea's borders, Chinese Communists led by Mao Zedong seized control of the mainland in 1949, following a four-year-long civil war with the nationalist forces of Chiang Kai-shek. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z When President electrified the world by visiting the vast, mysterious Communist bastion of Mao Zedong’s China in 1972, Malraux said it would take 50 years to sort out what had happened there. Still Resonating From the Great Wall 2011-01-30T02:30:03Z She brings some part of the Chinese history forward and jumps over Mao Zedong.’’ T Magazine: Year of the Couturi?re 2010-12-01T17:25:00Z It was only in the years between the two world wars — when Mao Zedong’s Communists and Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists were battling for control — that the Opium War became a handy propaganda tool. Books: Highlighting Differences in Interpretations of the Opium War 2011-08-18T15:14:28Z Under Mao Zedong the sport was banned, like so many things that were decadent and fun. Birdies, bribes and bulldozers 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z “UFO in Her Eyes” is a political fable in which Mao Zedong’s ideals of enforced collectivization, when applied to Chinese capitalism, wreak havoc once the initial euphoria subsides. Movie Review: ‘UFO in Her Eyes,’ a Chinese Satire, at MoMA 2012-06-12T23:02:22Z Sunflowers are at once a Chinese street snack and also an emblem adopted by Mao Zedong. Warhol, Lichtenstein, Bacon head to auction in NY 2012-05-09T16:07:12Z That year a fighting-trim Mao Zedong helped create the Chinese Soviet Republic, and Japan invaded the Chinese province of Manchuria, setting up a puppet government. Movie Review: ‘Dangerous Liaisons,’ Directed by Hur Jin-ho 2012-11-09T01:55:30Z The middle child of three, she grew up during the cultural austerity of Chairman Mao Zedong’s rule, when most “bourgeois” foreign art and literature was kept out of China. The Widow of a Nobel-Winning Chinese Dissident Rebuilds Her Career as an Artist 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z During the cultural revolution, Mao Zedong was often likened to the sun and the people to sunflowers, gazing adoringly at his face. Sunflower, people power 2010-10-11T16:41:00Z These are small masterpieces of lucidity and concision, with complex political backcloths effortlessly painted in and characters as diverse as Mao Zedong and General Douglas MacArthur brought sharply into focus. Small Wars, Far Away Places by Michael Burleigh – review 2013-04-27T15:30:01Z No doubt, we are supposed to think of Orwell’s Big Brother or even the great helmsman of “Red China,” Mao Zedong. Perspective | ‘A Wrinkle in Time’: Let’s hope the movie is better than the book 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z She related the story of her mother, Julia Lin, who was attending college in Shanghai in May 1949 as Mao Zedong’s Communist army besieged the city. For Maya Lin, a Victory Lap Gives Way to Mourning 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z He met Communist leader Mao Zedong to launch a detente as trade partners. Cranky Guy: Nixon's Still the One 2014-08-09T04:00:00Z Also, the public was scooping up the “seeds” — symbolically both the children of Mao Zedong and a primary foodstuff during the Cultural Revolution — by the bucketful. | Fair Trade-Off: Frieze Week in London 2010-10-18T21:47:00Z Topics: , , China, , Security cameras on a pole in front of the giant portrait of former Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong at Beijing's Tiananmen Square Jan. 9, 2012. Will China abandon its one-child policy? 2012-07-12T16:25:00Z He worked on more than 40 episodes, about notable figures like Jackie Robinson, Helen Keller, Eva Peron and Mao Zedong. Nicolas Noxon, Maker of Nature Films, Dies at 79 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Tang was slated to play the first love of communist China's founding father, Mao Zedong. China takes no chances on starry propaganda movie 2011-06-09T13:16:05Z Professor Mazlish published a series of similar books throughout the 1970s, profiling Henry A. Kissinger, Jimmy Carter and Mao Zedong, among others. Bruce Mazlish, Who Fused Psychoanalysis and History in His Books, Dies at 93 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z It has officially sold more than 2 million copies in China—and many more bootlegged ones—making it the country's second biggest seller after Mao Zedong's Little Red Book. 2009-12-31T18:18:00Z He also presents a favorable portrayal of the Roman Catholic Church and its faithful; Mao Zedong broke diplomatic relations with the Vatican 60 years ago, and contacts remain limited and tense. ?The Flowers of War,? a Chinese Epic With Many Back Stories 2011-12-17T03:32:15Z In 1976 the so-called "gang of four" were notoriously removed from a photograph of Chinese Communist party leaders after these high-ranking officials were suddenly arrested following the death of Mao Zedong. Iran's self-aggrandising 'fake' fighter plane and a history of doctored photos 2013-02-13T12:22:04Z His hair had receded so much he looked like a middle-aged Mao Zedong. Teaching the People’s Republic 2012-09-03T13:00:00Z She and her husband, Qian Zhongshu, the author of the novel “Fortress Besieged,” were already acclaimed writers when Mao Zedong inaugurated the Cultural Revolution to root out ideological foes in 1966. Yang Jiang, Chinese Author and Translator, Dies at 104 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z There are very few Mao Zedong caricatures, or the rows of exaggerated smiling Chinese faces seen in the mainland Chinese art style called Cynical Realism. Global Gloss, but Where Is Hong Kong's Local Art Scene? 2010-07-07T12:00:00Z About 700 Americans lived in the city, including the journalist Edgar Snow who introduced Mao Zedong to the world with his 1937 book, “Red Star Over China,” and his wife, Helen, also a writer. Pursuits: A Mystery Endures in Beijing’s Old Legation Quarter 2014-05-02T18:00:05Z In his speeches, China’s leader, Xi Jinping, often quotes from Chinese ancients like Confucius alongside other more recent political figures like Mao Zedong. For Confucius and His Descendants, a Cultural Comeback 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z Mao Zedong instructed his army to expel Indian soldiers from territory that China claimed in Kashmir. Clash of the titans 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z In 1949, the former Soviet Union, an ally turned rival, tested a bomb of its own, and in the same year, Communist revolutionaries, led by Mao Zedong, took control of mainland China. The American Vietnam War Is in the Spotlight, Again 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z The 1996-1976 Cultural Revolution saw Communist China founding father Mao Zedong unleash often violent "red guards" on regular Chinese with suspected capitalistic sympathies. Zhang calls new film a back-to-basics romance 2010-10-07T12:40:00Z In the West, his name, like that of Mao Zedong, simply means “China” to most people. Art Review: At China Institute, Envisioning Confucius, an Abstraction 2010-03-25T22:43:00Z President Richard M. Nixon took a bottle of Schramsberg bubbly to China in 1972 to toast the U.S.-Chinese rapprochement with Mao Zedong — how about that for marketing material? ‘Bottled poetry,’ plus 4 other wines to ring in 2016 2015-12-25T05:00:00Z According to the show's publicity, it follows China's Communist leader Mao Zedong between the founding of the People's Republic of China and his second visit to the former Soviet Union 12 years later. China regulators suspend crime TV 2011-05-06T12:55:17Z At the same time, officials announced that a new model of the Hongqi, or Red Flag, the hulking, gasoline-guzzling dowager in which Richard Nixon rode to his meeting with Mao Zedong, would appear in 2013. Noted: In China, ‘Audi’ Means ‘Big Shot’ 2012-11-16T22:24:21Z “A revolution is not a dinner party,” Mao Zedong said, but this revolution was also a party, and left behind a legacy of hedonism. Dystopia, Apocalypse, Culture War: 2018 or 1968? 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z This idea is thrown into bracing relief with a brief, startling shot of an enormous granite sculpture of the young Mao Zedong looking into the distance. ‘Stonewalling’ Review: A Young Woman’s Exchange Value 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z On his return from Beijing, and that planet-shaking handshake with Mao Zedong in 1972, Nixon told aides that he hoped his breakthrough would keep the peace for 20 years. How Do You Explain Henry Kissinger? 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z In 1903, Liang Qichao, China's foremost modern intellectual and a major early influence on Mao Zedong, was visiting America when Washington manipulated its way into control of Panama and its crucial canal. The ruins of empire: Asia's emergence from western imperialism 2012-07-27T07:00:04Z In one scene, the actor playing Communist China's founding father Mao Zedong accepts a gold Omega pocket watch from his girlfriend. Director: Mao's Omega watch not product placement 2011-06-20T15:57:17Z Born in the southwestern province of Sichuan shortly after Mao Zedong declared the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, Liu always dreamed of stardom. Better Than Elizabeth Taylor? Meet Liu Xiaoqing 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z “Mao Zedong created his own reality through an entire country, by sheer force of will and by words,” Mr. Chen said. Truth, Lies and Chinese Art Inspire ‘a Puzzle Box of a Play’ 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Mao Zedong, in his “Four Olds” campaign, tore classical landscapes to shreds. We Need to Move, Not Destroy, Confederate Monuments 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z He returned to art, producing a series of paintings of the Chinese Communist Party chairman, Mao Zedong, and the masterwork “Shadows.” Review | ‘Warhol’ paints the Pop Art icon as the most influential artist of the 20th century 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z James Bertram, one of the first foreigners to interview Mao Zedong, was not an American journalist. China's War With Japan by Rana Mitter – review 2013-06-30T13:00:01Z Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman — amusingly portrayed as paranoid, nihilistic and “often slightly ill” — has penned a heady Mao Zedong biopic that could be the actor’s Oscar vehicle. Review | Jim Carrey the actor-writer deconstructs Jim Carrey the character in ‘Memoirs and Misinformation’ 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z Exhorting China to catch up with Britain's industrial output in less than a decade, Mao Zedong exposed tens of millions to a catastrophic famine, and then forced its exhausted survivors into a "cultural revolution". The ruins of empire: Asia's emergence from western imperialism 2012-07-27T07:00:04Z In 1968, two years after he began the Cultural Revolution, Mao Zedong wrested it from the hands of avid but unruly students and handed it over to a more worshipful working class. When Mango Mania Was Revolutionary 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z Most recently, he was one of 100 Chinese literary figures who copied by hand landmark speeches by Mao Zedong on how art should serve communism, prompting accusations that they had sold their souls. Mo Yan's Nobel prize for literature sparks celebration in China 2012-10-11T18:33:56Z Shortly after their arrival, the family visits the mummified body of Mao Zedong, whom Homer hails as a "little angel who killed 50 million people." “The Simpsons” episode mysteriously censored in Hong Kong 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z You were one of the millions of educated urban youth who Mao Zedong “sent down to the countryside” to learn from the peasants. Carpetbagger Blog: Zhang Yimou and the Challenges of Filming in China 2011-12-21T16:44:15Z Australia's biggest city Sydney said it had canceled a concert commemorating the death of former Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong, citing safety concerns, after Chinese Australians complained the subject matter was insensitive. Exclusive: Australia's biggest city cancels Mao Zedong concert, citing safety concerns 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z His colorful abstractions of the image echo with references to the work of his Pop Art predecessors, calling to mind Andy Warhol’s portraits of Mao Zedong. | In a Gagosian Gallerist’s Personal Work, Cultures Collide 2014-01-15T18:17:52Z Book burning was routine for Spain’s Inquisition and Franco’s dictatorship as well as for Stalin, Hitler, Mao Zedong and a good many other dictators. A Love Affair With Bookstores 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z At one store in the country's capital, the Trump doll sits on a shelf between Merkel and late Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong. Trump dolls on sale in Moscow ahead of U.S. election 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z In the 1950s, thousands of Han Chinese flocked to Xinjiang to develop its large reserves of oil and minerals, heeding Mao Zedong’s calls to “open up the West” in China’s version of Manifest Destiny. A Uyghur Author and Translator Were Detained. Now, Their Novel Speaks For Them. 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Fading images of Mao Zedong gaze down, the former leader of the People’s Republic beaming his trademark beneficent smile. Tea and history: an evocative brew in Chengdu, China 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z “There is, in fact, no such thing as art for art’s sake,” Mao Zedong said in a lecture delivered in Yan’an in 1942. Hollywood Came to China; It Was Epic. 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Although we associate pop art mainly with commercial imagery and Hollywood iconography — Coca-Cola, Brillo Boxes and Marilyn Monroe — it also borrowed heavily from political imagery, including depictions of Mao Zedong and the Kennedys. 5 presidential candidates and the art that shows how we feel about them 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Mao Zedong destroyed China, but he succeeded in raising the status of women. Pick and choose 2014-05-01T04:00:00Z “When Mao Zedong said women should work, “holding up half of the sky,” suddenly every woman worked. Yang Lan, the 'Oprah of China,' Expands Her Reach 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z “The Long March,” installed in the gallery itself, is made up of dozens of small, same-size, no-two-alike photographic images of Mao Zedong. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z His 2006 novel Life and Death are Wearing Me Out, for example, is the story of a landowner who, following his execution under Mao Zedong, is reincarnated as a donkey. Chinese Novelist Mo Yan Receives Nobel Prize. But Is He Politically Correct? 2012-10-11T14:50:27Z We would go to the Jinggang Mountains, where Mao Zedong retreated in the 1920s and organized the Red Army. At Shanghai Disney Resort, Mulan, Mickey and Dumplings 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z The old man explains that the Khmer Rouge was determined to establish a form of Communism that was even purer than Chinese Communism under Mao Zedong. Film: Human Rights Watch Film Festival at Lincoln Center 2010-06-11T04:51:00Z China's People's Liberation Army at the behest of the Communist party leader, Mao Zedong, developed the drug as part of a secretive project during the Vietnam war. New wave of drug-resistant malaria threatens millions 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Xi is considered the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Zedong, after a decade of consolidating power in policy-making and the military, and stifling media freedoms. Biden calls Xi a dictator after carefully planned summit 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z The shift represents a backing off from the market-oriented reforms that began in the 1980s as a reaction to many of the disastrous economic policies of Mao Zedong. China state-controlled outlets reveal Xi Jinping’s goals for APEC summit, Biden meeting 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Xi, a decade Biden's junior, has become the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Zedong, after tightening control over policy, state leaders, the media and military and changing the constitution. Biden to meet Xi on Wednesday in San Francisco Bay area, US says 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Taiwan and China have been spying on each other since 1949, when Chinese nationalists set up a separate government in Taipei opposing Mao Zedong's communist China. Taiwan takes aim at China's 'communist spies' 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Li, who had a doctorate in economics, exemplified a generation of highly educated Chinese leaders who rose up as Mao Zedong’s generation faded from politics. This week’s passages 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z It stretches back to Chinese Communist Party founder Mao Zedong, who sent weapons to Palestinians in support for so-called "national liberation" movements around the world. What China wants from Israel-Hamas war 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z Under Deng Xiaoping’s reforms that began following Mao Zedong’s death in 1976, the Chinese system allowed the private sector to flourish under the maxim, “to get rich is glorious.” Iran plays Taiwan card against China 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z The Chinese Nationalist Party under Chiang Kai-shek moved the government to Taiwan in 1949 following the takeover of mainland China by the Communist Party under Mao Zedong following a yearslong bloody civil war. Facing Beijing’s threats, Taiwan president says peace ‘only option’ to resolve political differences 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z But that all changed when the Cultural Revolution happened - a campaign launched by then-leader Mao Zedong to remove capitalist, traditional and cultural elements that were seen as anti-communist from society. Can Xue: The Chinese author who could win the Nobel prize 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z The republican government fled to Taiwan in 1949 after losing a civil war with Mao Zedong's Communists, who set up the People's Republic of China. In election year, Taiwan's national day becomes polarising celebration 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z The Long March was the famous campaign led by Mao Zedong in the 1930s that ultimately led to the Communists seizing power in 1949. China is stepping up disinformation use as propaganda tool, State Department says 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Since Mao Zedong, no other Chinese leader has come close in matching the scale of Mr Xi's crackdowns. Do China's recent military purges spell trouble for Xi Jinping? 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z During the Cold War, Moscow supported North Korea though relations were complicated when China's Mao Zedong split with the Kremlin over its aim for peaceful coexistence with the West. In Russia's Pacific port, residents await North Korea's Kim Jong Un 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z The Republic of China government fled to Taiwan in 1949 after losing a civil war with Mao Zedong's communists, who set up the People's Republic. Taiwan VP in eye of the storm as China drills to protest US visit 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z Investors now believe Xi will be relentless in his social and economic agenda, much of which draws on Mao Zedong's Marxist and socialist thinking. China's crackdowns rewrite investors' private sector playbook 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z The defeated Republic of China government fled to Taiwan in 1949 after losing a civil war with Mao Zedong's communists, who established the People's Republic of China. Taiwan presidential frontrunner says no plans to change island's formal name 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Ultimately, Qin’s situation reflects back on Xi, who has concentrated power under his direct authority to a degree not seen since Mao Zedong in the 1960s. China’s sharp-tongued foreign minister is ousted, but his combative style is expected to continue 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z He cited a document that the party issued after the Cultural Revolution admitting some of its mistakes under Mao Zedong’s leadership from 1949 to 1976. Beijing Offers Love, but Chinese Entrepreneurs Aren’t Buying It 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z The following year Mr Nixon landed on Chinese soil and met top leaders including Mao Zedong. Xi Jinping meets Henry Kissinger as US seeks to defrost China ties 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z The defeated republican government fled to Taiwan in 1949 after losing a civil war with Mao Zedong's communists, who established the People's Republic of China. Taiwan presidential front-runner says he can keep peace with China 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z He studied Russian and spent two decades as an official interpreter, including for then-leader Mao Zedong in meetings with the Soviet Union’s Josef Stalin and other foreign leaders. Yan Mingfu, Communist Party envoy to protesters in China’s Tiananmen Square in 1989, dies at age 91 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z It adds that China conducts foreign relations "under the guidance of" the political ideologies of Xi Jinping, Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping and Marxism-Leninism, among others. China tightens Xi Jinping's powers against the West with new law 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z One social media post linked to the PLA Strategic Support Force, which conducts intelligence and cyber operations, noted that Mao Zedong reorganized the army in 1927 to ensure complete party control. China’s ties to Putin, Kremlin shaken by mercenary uprising 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z The report indicated that the Pentagon drew up plans for a nuclear strike on China in 1958 when Mao Zedong’s Communist forces began shelling islands controlled by Taipei in the Straits of Taiwan. Daniel Ellsberg, Who Leaked the Pentagon Papers, Is Dead at 92 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z “Mao Zedong described ‘united front work’ as mobilizing one’s friends to strike at one’s enemies,” he said. China, Russia stage ‘gray zone’ operations to expand influence in opposition to U.S. 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Taiwan still controls the Matsu and Kinmen islands, off the coast of China's Fujian province, held since the defeated Republic of China government fled to Taipei after losing a civil war with Mao Zedong's communists. China holds live-fire drills in East China Sea north of Taiwan 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z Leader Mao Zedong called him the country's "top sage". Kong Yiji: The memes that lay bare China's youth disillusionment 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z Life here was simply better, hands down, than in places like the Soviet Union and Mao Zedong's China. Clinging bitterly to guns and religion: The end stage of American empire 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Mao Zedong sent more than 16 million urban youth, including Mr. Xi, to toil in the fields of the countryside during the Cultural Revolution. China’s Young People Can’t Find Jobs. Xi Jinping Says to ‘Eat Bitterness.’ 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z “We can clasp the moon in the ninth heaven,” Lin Xiqiang, the deputy director of China’s Manned Space Agency, said at a news conference on Monday, quoting a Mao Zedong poem. China Announces Plan to Land Astronauts on Moon by 2030 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z In 1956, Sukarno visited China and was impressed by what Mao Zedong had been able to achieve. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Mao Zedong, the founder of Communist China, nationalized China’s land from the 1940s through the 1960s, seizing it from affluent families — who were killed in large numbers — and transferring ownership to the state. The Elusive Fix for China’s Budget Crisis 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z In China in the 1950s and 1960s, Mao Zedong tried to make the writing system, which dates back thousands of years, more accessible by simplifying the characters. Mandarin classes are a new battleground between China and Taiwan 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Maoist rebels, who claim inspiration from Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong, have been fighting India’s government for more than four decades, demanding land and jobs for tenant farmers and poor people. Official says Maoist rebels kill 11 in central India attack 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z To say that the French president kowtowed to Xi Jinping, the most powerful Chinese ruler since Mao Zedong, would be to exaggerate — but not by much. French twist: Emmanuel Macron cozies up to Chinese Communist Party 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Under the rule of Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge leader and an admirer of Mao Zedong, Cambodia embarked on a program to rebuild itself as the perfect communist state. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The United Front dates back to the era of Mao Zedong. Opinion | Chinese police stations in NYC are part of a vast influence operation 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Education was one of the few economic successes of the brutal Mao Zedong era, from the late 1940s through mid-1970s. India Is Surpassing China in Population 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z But Mao Zedong adopted a “minimum deterrent” strategy, dismissing the Cold War arms race as a phenomenal waste of money. 3 Nuclear Superpowers, Rather Than 2, Usher In a New Strategic Era 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Since the defeated Republic of China government fled to Taiwan in 1949 after losing a civil war to Mao Zedong's communists, no incumbent leader of the island has visited China. Foxconn founder, seeking Taiwan presidency, has no plan to visit China 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z What was different about Mao Zedong’s view on Marxism and communism? World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Chinese leader Xi Jinping is more determined than ever to add reunification with Taiwan to his political legacy, hoping to unseat Mao Zedong as China’s greatest leader. As the U.S. and China clash over Taiwan, Taiwanese Americans face an anxious new normal 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z The warship did not sail towards the windswept Matsu islands, controlled by Taiwan since the Republic of China government fled to Taipei in 1949 after losing a civil war to Mao Zedong's Communist forces. Chinese warship starts live-fire drills near Taiwan 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z Since the defeated Republic of China government fled to Taiwan in 1949 after losing a civil war to Mao Zedong's communists, no serving island leader has visited China. Taiwan faces choice of 'peace and war', ex-president says after China trip 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z The People's Republic of China has claimed Taiwan as its territory since the defeated Republic of China government fled to the island in 1949 after losing a civil war with Mao Zedong's communists. Explainer: Why is China so angry about Taiwan president meeting US Speaker McCarthy? 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z The most acrimonious U.S.-China relationship since the reign of Mao Zedong. No place to hide for global investors facing mounting political risks 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z “Mao Zedong used to say, ‘If you haven’t been to the Great Wall, you aren’t a real hero,’” said Sung, the ANU political scientist. U.S. says Taiwan president is just passing through. China’s not amused. 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Beijing’s cultivation of Mr. Ma and the Kuomintang, once the mortal enemy of Mao Zedong’s Communists, is a concession that China must make to Taiwan’s democracy, Mr. Sung said. Taiwan’s Ex-President Heads to China in Historic and Closely Watched Visit 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z "The last time China and Russia were this close was 1957, when Mao Zedong declared in Moscow, 'The East Wind will prevail over the West Wind.'" Little room for maneuver as U.S.-China ties slide further 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z In 1949, the year Mao Zedong’s Communists took power, he enrolled in Yenching University to study medicine and went on to train at Peking Union Medical College, the country’s most prestigious medical school. Jiang Yanyong, Who Helped Expose China’s SARS Crisis, Dies at 91 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Still, he comes from a humble background, enrolling at the elite Peking University after spending several years in the countryside during Mao Zedong's "Cultural Revolution". 'Steady hand': China surprisingly retains central bank chief 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z Since Mao Zedong, leaders in China had been limited to two terms in office. Li Qiang: China elects Xi Jinping ally as premier 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z As for liberals, Mao Zedong wrote an essay in 1937 called “Combat Liberalism” that appears to guide Beijing’s U.S. policy to this day. China’s navy suspected in electronic interference of civilian, military aircraft flights 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z It was a break from decades-long tradition, as no other party leader besides Communist China's first leader, Mao Zedong, will have served for this long. Two Sessions: China looks at reforms to deepen Xi Jinping control 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z Who takes care of the elderly in China, where pensions are tiny, is one of the major headaches policymakers face as they deal with the first demographic downturn since Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution. Analysis: As China ages, investors bet they can beat retirement home stigma 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z The country’s GDP last year grew just 3 percent, a stark departure from growth of over 8 percent in 2021 — and its lowest level since 1976, the year that Mao Zedong’s disastrous Cultural Revolution ended. China’s economic recovery hinges on consumers. They’re not spending. 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z One saw much the same spectacle among some Western students in the 1960s, who waved around copies of Mao Zedong's Little Red Book. No, dictatorships are not more "efficient": See how Putin and Xi have wrecked their countries 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z The ancient cultural powerhouse only began to regain its regional heft under Mao Zedong’s red banner, when China fought the U.S. and its allies to standstill in Korea. Anger simmers as ‘Lunar’ replaces ‘Chinese’ new year 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Li compared China’s zero-covid directive to past political campaigns like Mao Zedong’s disastrous Great Leap Forward or the Cultural Revolution. Why China dumped its ‘zero covid’ policy so suddenly — and disastrously 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Last time, it was famine caused by Mao Zedong’s economic policies that led to an estimated 36 million deaths from starvation. China’s decline became undeniable — now what? 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z The last time China’s population declined was in 1961, after three years of famine caused by Mao Zedong’s disastrous Great Leap Forward industrial policy, along with floods and drought. China’s first population decline in 60 years sounds demographic alarm 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z They became known as "little pinks", a term associated with the colour of a nationalist website, and drew comparisons with China's aggressive "wolf warrior" diplomats and the Red Guards of Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution. China's pessimistic Gen Z poses challenge for Xi post-COVID 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Yesterday, China revealed that its economy had just had one of its worst performances since 1976, the year Mao Zedong died. Your Wednesday Briefing: China’s Dual Crises 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z More people died in China last year than were born for the first time since Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward, an experiment that caused widespread famine and death, despite efforts to bolster the birthrate. Davos Worries About a ‘Polycrisis’ 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z It was the first time deaths had outnumbered births in China since the early 1960s, when the Great Leap Forward, Mao Zedong’s failed economic experiment, led to widespread famine and death. China’s Population Falls, Heralding a Demographic Crisis 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z He spent hours reading about military strategy and revolutionary leaders like Mao Zedong, Che Guevara and Fidel Castro, they said. ‘A Wild Card’: Son of Uganda’s President Jostles to Succeed His Father 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Xi Jinping secured an historic third leadership term in October, emerging as China's most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong, bolstered by a Politburo Standing Committee stacked with allies and no successor-in-waiting to challenge him. Eight bodies found in ruins of Cambodia casino fire 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z Many of the rituals to mark former Chinese leaders’ deaths are prescribed in rules developed over decades in marking the passing of Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping and other party titans. In a Turbulent Time for China, Xi Projects Unity at an Ex-Leader’s Funeral 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Xi Jinping, the country’s strongman leader, is expanding the Chinese Communist Party’s grip over its people beyond what even Mao Zedong attained. The Chinese Dream, Denied 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z In 1949, when China fell to the communists under Mao Zedong, the defeated Nationalist, or Kuomintang, government under Chiang Kai-shek fled to Taiwan, where it ruled as a dictatorship. Review | Why do some Asian countries embrace democracy while others reject it? 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Xi, the country’s most authoritarian leader since Mao Zedong, has purged the press, tightened censorship and built a digital surveillance apparatus to exert control. At Shanghai vigil, bold shout for change preceded crackdown 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z President Xi Jinping is arguably the country’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong. In China, former president Jiang’s death comes at an unsettled time 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Abandoning the policy outright would undermine Mr. Xi’s image of infallibility as China’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong. After Mass Protests, China Appears to Back Away From Harsh Covid Rules 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z In many ways, Jiang took his cue from the late Mao Zedong, the founder of Communist China. Obituary: China's Jiang Zemin confounded doubters, mended U.S. ties 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Xi, arguably China’s most dominant leader since Mao Zedong, was recently named to another term as head of the ruling Chinese Communist Party, and some expect him to try to stay in power for life. Crowds angered by lockdowns call for China’s Xi to step down 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z It was under Chiang Kai-shek that the party fled to Taiwan after losing the Chinese civil war to Mao Zedong’s Communist Party. Looking for a boost, Taiwan's oldest political party turns to the great-grandson of Chiang Kai-shek 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z Today, with Xi having consolidated more power than any Chinese ruler since Mao Zedong, such talk seems hopelessly naive. Opinion | Biden just won a significant diplomatic victory with China 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Ever since the founder of China's Communist Party, Mao Zedong, used pandas as a way of entering into political discussions with other countries, the animal has been a national treasure. Giant panda gifted to Taiwan by China dies 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z His "Three Represents" theory was written into the party constitution in 2002, alongside the hallowed Mao Zedong Thought and Deng Xiaoping Theory. Obituary: China's Jiang Zemin confounded doubters, mended U.S. ties 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Xi has consolidated control — securing a third, norm-defying five-year term and concentrating power to a degree not seen since the days of Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping. Biden says no ‘new Cold War’ after meeting with China’s Xi 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z Xi has concentrated power to a degree not seen since the days of Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping and has positioned his country firmly against the West. Biden says he’s going into Xi meeting ‘stronger’ after Senate victory 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z Mr. Xi is the son of a Communist revolutionary leader who was a compatriot of Mao Zedong. For Biden and Xi, a Long Relationship With Rising Mutual Suspicion 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Xi is at a moment of great political strength after securing an unprecedented third five-year term, concentrating power to a degree not seen since the days of Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping. Biden and China’s Xi to hold first in-person presidential meeting 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Bao helped draft political and economic reforms to overhaul the structures of power that had been largely left unchanged since Mao Zedong's death in 1976. Bao Tong: Champion of Chinese political reform dies at 90 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z It happened as the Iron Curtain fell in Eastern Europe, as Mao Zedong's party took over China and as Joe McCarthy flogged anti-communist hysteria for political gain at home. How Vietnam changed me — and changed America 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z Xi has amassed a measure of power over China’s ruling party unseen since Mao Zedong, the leader from 1949 until his death in 1976. Biden faces ‘unpredictable’ era with China’s empowered Xi 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z Hung calls it the “Mao Zedong trap,” whereby Xi will either need to make internal control ever more stringent, like Stalin, or pursue rampant nationalism and aggression. Taiwan, missiles and spying set to be China’s priorities under new Xi term 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Born to well-educated parents — his father was an engineer, his mother a teacher — he was 10 when Mao Zedong launched the Cultural Revolution. China’s Chest-Thumping Nationalism Now Goes Too Far, Movement’s Godfather Says 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Instead, Mr. Xi has proved himself a worthy successor to Mao Zedong, who proclaimed that “political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.” Opinion | Xi doesn’t deserve the title ‘president’ 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z In Beijing, China's Xi Jinping has secured a historic third leadership term, becoming the country's most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong. Morning Bid: Xi's electric 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z The precedent-breaking third term for Xi secures his place as China's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong, founder of the People's Republic of China. The power of one: Xi solidifies grip at party congress 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z No other party leader besides CCP founder Mao Zedong has ever served a third term. China congress: Xi cements power by packing top team with loyalists 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z Xi is what is known as a “princeling,” the son of one of Mao Zedong’s comrades in the founding of the People’s Republic who despite falling out of favor returned to implement important economic reforms. A look at the 7 men slated to lead China’s Communist Party 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z He was the party leader in the politically significant city of Yanan, which Mao Zedong used as the party's headquarters during World War Two and where Xi spent seven years of hard labour. Politburo Standing Committee: Who are the men who rule China now? 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z China expert Gordon Chang said Mao Zedong in the past once attempted to compel absolute obedience but in the process nearly destroyed China. Former Chinese leader removed from Party congress 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z This has echoes of Mao Zedong's time in office. The mysterious exit of China's former leader 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z The event, held in Beijing every five years, cemented his position as China's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong. Hu Jintao: ex-president escorted out of China party congress 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z The caves carved from the loess hills where Mao Zedong and other party leaders road out World War II have since become a pilgrimage site for party faithful. A look at the 7 men slated to lead China’s Communist Party 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z A third five-year leadership term would solidify Xi's place as China's most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong, founding leader of the People's Republic. China's Communist Party Congress closes, cementing Xi's status as 'core' 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z China's 20th poised to clinch his third five-year stint in charge - a mandate that would secure his place as the country's most since founding leader Mao Zedong. Orix plans to invest about $2 bln in Toshiba - Nikkei Business 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z His norm-busting as China's most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong has made it even harder to predict who will join him on the standing committee. The big reveal: Xi set to introduce China's next standing committee 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Mao Zedong held the same post for five years in the 1950s but gave it up because he was bored by the paperwork. Opinion | It’s time to stop calling Xi Jinping the ‘president’ of China 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z Mao Zedong famously waved the banner of gender equality as a core principle of China’s Communist Party. For Women in China’s Communist Party, It’s Lonely at the Top 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z China Change, a U.S.-based human-rights nonprofit, whose website identified Peng, calls Xi’s zero-covid policy “the equivalent of Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward” — and it’s a provocative, but apt, analogy. Opinion | For China, Xi’s coronavirus policy is a great leap backward 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z He is now set for a third term in office, which no leader since Mao Zedong has served. What these buzzwords say about Xi's China 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z Mao Zedong, the founding father of the People's Republic, famously said "women hold up half the sky" and gender equality is enshrined in the country's constitution. For China's women, this week's Congress is unlikely to mean progress 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z His father, Xi Zhongxun, was a former vice premier and guerrilla commander in the civil war that brought Mao Zedong’s Communists to power in 1949. China party says nearly 5 million members probed for graft 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z They all believe that China, with its vast surveillance systems and punitive social control, now resembles Stalin’s Soviet Union and Mao Zedong’s China. ‘Moving Backward’: In Xi’s China, Some See an Era of Total Control 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Channeling Mao Zedong, founder of the People’s Republic of China, he said the military — the “barrel of the gun” — must forever listen to party orders. Xi presents China as ‘new choice’ for humanity as he readies for next term 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z Mao Zedong, the founding father of Communist China, once famously said: "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." How Xi Jinping made himself unchallengeable 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z "Mao Zedong promised to make people revolutionaries. Deng Xiaoping promised to make them rich. Xi is promising to keep them safe." Reactions to Xi's speech opening China's Communist Party Congress 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z Back then, China was an impoverished, isolated country, ruled by Mao Zedong whose revolutionary zeal appealed to leaders in countries emerging from colonial rule. Russian nuclear fears loom in the geopolitical background for China. 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z It paves the way for him to become the most powerful leader since Mao Zedong. China Party Congress: Xi Jinping to cement grip on power at historic meeting 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z President Xi Jinping is poised to win a third five-year term as the party's general secretary at the congress in Beijing and become the most powerful leader since Mao Zedong. China's Communist party congress to run Oct. 16-22, will amend party charter, spokesman 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z During his 10 years in power, Mr. Xi has consolidated authority more completely than any Chinese leader since Mao Zedong. ‘We’re All Over This Place’: Building a Fortress for Beijing’s Moment 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z Some of the issues related to Taiwan-China relations that have resurfaced stem from that same period of time when Mao Zedong and the Communists took over the Chinese government in 1949. We should unify as Asian Americans, not get hung up on old-world identities 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Chinese officials praise his speeches like hallowed texts, professing loyalty with a fervor that sometimes echoes Mao Zedong’s era. ‘Uncle Xi’ to Exalted Ruler: China’s Leader Embodies His Authoritarian Era 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Decades of state ownership and central planning under Mao Zedong left China rural and impoverished, with only basic manufacturing and dire infrastructure. Analysis: Xi faces painful gear shift as China's investment-led growth sputters 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Chinese President Xi Jinping is widely expected to clinch his third five-year stint in charge - a mandate that would secure his stature as the country's most powerful ruler since founding leader Mao Zedong. Xi bangs the drums 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Warhol used it to create portraits of Prince in the same style he had created well-known portraits of Marilyn Monroe, Jacqueline Kennedy and Mao Zedong. Andy Warhol, Prince at center stage in Supreme Court case 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z Even in the days of Chairman Mao Zedong, who founded communist China in 1949, there were competing factions. Observer: No matter who climbs Beijing’s ranks, Xi rules 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z China's ruling Communist Party is expected to hand a third five-year term to Xi Jinping, arguably the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Zedong in the 1970s. China's Communist Party Congress: A really simple guide 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z With Xi having steadily consolidated authority to become China's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong, loyalty counts. After COVID lockdown, eyes on Shanghai chief at party congress 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z On the wall hang images of communist icons Mao Zedong, Vladimir Lenin and Ho Chi Minh. 'Red-baiting' fliers mailed to Vietnamese Americans in tight California congressional race 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z In just over 40 years, the People’s Republic of China has arisen from the political chaos and poverty of the Mao Zedong era to become a powerhouse on the world stage. Review | At stake in the U.S.-China rivalry: The shape of the global political order 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z “We announce the establishment of the People’s Republic of China,” Mao Zedong said 73 years ago yesterday. Your Thursday Briefing: Russia’s ‘Partial Mobilization’ 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z “We announce the establishment of the People’s Republic of China,” Mao Zedong said 73 years ago today. A Shrinking Margin 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z The defeated Republic of China government fled to Taiwan in 1949 after losing a civil war to Mao Zedong's communists. Taiwan 'proud' of its efforts to help Ukraine, says President Tsai 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z It comes just a month before the 20th Communist Party Congress is due to cement his place as the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Zedong. Factbox: How does the Xi and Putin 'no limits' partnership work? 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z President Richard Nixon persuaded Mao Zedong to forsake his old Soviet ally and come to America’s side. This Might Not Be a Cold War, but It Feels Like One 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z The actor, who played Communist leader Mao Zedong in a 2021 film, has been dropped as brand ambassador by leading firms including fashion house Prada. Li Yifeng: China arrests star who played Mao for soliciting prostitutes 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Political watchers say one possibility is an amendment that shortens the ideology to "Xi Jinping Thought", upgrading its stature to that of "Mao Zedong Thought". China's Communist Party to amend its constitution at October congress 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z But some China-watchers wonder whether Mr. Xi’s grip on power, with its attendant cult of personality harking back to the era of Mao Zedong, could lead to a similarly tumultuous future. For China’s Xi and Other Strongmen, Gorbachev Showed Exactly What Not to Do 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Ahead of the pivotal party congress, there are few signs that Xi’s position as China’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong is in question. Chinese react to Gorbachev’s death, accuse him of selling out Russia 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Xi’s accumulation of power has drawn comparison’s to former dictator Mao Zedong, with his political theories written into the constitution and his cultivation of a cult of personality superseding all other current top Chinese officials. China sets Oct. 16 opening date for Communist Party congress 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z While Xi has consolidated power without precedent since Mao Zedong founded the People's Republic in 1949, there has been no sign he will adopt the title of party chairman. Explainer: What to look for from China's 20th Communist Party congress 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z China's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong, Xi is expected to exert largely unchallenged control over key appointments and policy directives. China to hold 20th Communist Party congress starting on Oct 16 - state media 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z To confront these challenges, Mr. Xi has increasingly reached back to Mao Zedong’s playbook when China was operating a planned economy and had few friends and self-reliance was a necessity. Xi Jinping’s Vision for Tech Self-Reliance in China Runs Into Reality 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z The KMT ruled China until it fled along with the defeated Republic of China government to Taiwan in 1949 after losing a civil war to Mao Zedong’s communists, who established the People’s Republic of China. Taiwan opposition defends 'brave' China outreach after controversial visit 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z Sichuan province is experiencing its worst drought since the 1960s, which occurred in the middle of Chairman Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward, according to Bloomberg. Car-charging stations, factories shut down in China as drought cripples hydroelectric power 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z The KMT ruled China before retreating with its defeated Republic of China government to Taiwan in 1949 after losing a civil war with Mao Zedong’s Communist forces, which set up the People’s Republic of China. Taiwan opposition politician takes war games concerns to China 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Taiwan has controlled Kinmen, along with the Matsu islands further up China's coast, since the defeated Republic of China government fled to Taipei after losing a civil war with Mao Zedong's Communists in 1949. Taiwan to deploy drone defence systems after rock-throwing video emerges 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Fears that Communists within the United States were jeopardizing the country’s security had existed even before the victory of Mao Zedong and the arrest and conviction of the atomic spies. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The former Japanese colony has been under Chinese military threat since Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist government fled to the island in 1949 as Mao Zedong’s Communist Party seized control of the Chinese mainland. China, Japan officials meet amid Taiwan tensions 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z The museum Xi visited marks a battle that enabled Mao Zedong's Communists to seize control of northeastern China from the Nationalists, or Kuomintang, who fled to Taiwan after their defeat in 1949. China's Xi makes first public appearance in two weeks 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z The Chinese leader is expected to break precedent with a third five-year term later this year, solidifying his position as the country’s most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong. The Chinese dream of home ownership is crumbling. The economy could go with it 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Taiwan has lived under the threat of Chinese invasion since 1949 when the defeated Republic of China nationalist government fled to the island after Mao Zedong's Communist Party won a civil war. Taiwan president says China's military threat has not decreased 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z A few months later, on October 1, 1949, Chinese Communist Party leader Mao Zedong announced the triumph of the Chinese Communists over their Nationalist foes in a civil war that had been raging since 1927. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Taiwan has lived under the threat of Chinese invasion since 1949, when the defeated Republic of China government fled to the island after Mao Zedong's Communist Party won a civil war. China withdraws promise not to send troops to Taiwan after unification 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z Taiwan has lived under the threat of Chinese invasion since 1949 when the defeated Republic of China government fled to the island after defeat in a civil war to Mao Zedong's Communist Party. Taiwan residents largely calm in the face of Chinese anger 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z The episode comes at a sensitive time for Xi, China's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong. Analysis: With Taiwan drills, Xi tries to salvage Pelosi crisis 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z He has strengthened, centralized and emboldened an already pervasive security apparatus, turning it into a hulking fortress that protects him and positions him as the most powerful leader since Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping. In Turbulent Times, Xi Builds a Security Fortress for China, and Himself 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z For decades, its population lived under martial law imposed by a U.S.-backed regime led by Chiang Kai-shek, who had fled China after being overthrown by Mao Zedong’s Communist revolution of 1949. Why China is angry over Pelosi’s trip. 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z But a civil war erupted in mainland China between nationalist government forces led by Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong's Communist Party. China and Taiwan: A really simple guide 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z For decades, it was subjected to oppressive martial law by the U.S.-backed regime of Chiang Kai-shek, who fled to the island after being overthrown by Mao Zedong’s revolution. Ahead of Pelosi’s Expected Trip, Quiet Defiance in Taiwan 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z While that approach has fostered a peaceful status quo for more than four decades, it has grown more fraught with the elevation of Xi, China’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong. Possible Pelosi visit elicits shrugs in Taiwan, long the focal point of geopolitical standoff 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z The Communist leader, Mao Zedong, founded the People’s Liberation Army on Aug. 1, 1927, a date that is one of the most important in the army’s calendar. Biden and Xi Conduct Marathon Call During Time of Rising Tensions 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z The result will be mass death with victims dwarfing the murderous rampages of fascism, Stalinism and Mao Zedong's China combined. Dawn of the apocalypse: Existential crisis for our species is right here, right now 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z China is an old hand at teaching the virtues of the one-party state to African leaders, a constant theme when Mao Zedong was alive. Where China Is Changing Its Diplomatic Ways (at Least a Little) 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z Others invoked Mr. Xi’s slogan of the “Chinese Dream” or carried a portrait of Mao Zedong. ‘My Worldview Has Been Destroyed’: Chinese Banking Scandal Tests Faith in the System 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Harry Truman shook hands with Joseph Stalin, Richard Nixon with Mao Zedong — and both of those dictators had far more blood on their hands than MBS. Opinion | Cut Biden some slack. U.S. presidents have to deal with dictators. 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z Zhang’s sculptures combine influences from his upbringing in China during Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution and California funk art from his time in the Bay Area. 7 works to see at the 2022 Seattle Art Fair 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Poor and isolated, China needed friends, and President Richard M. Nixon persuaded the leader, Mao Zedong, to join the side of the United States during the Cold War. In Divide Over Ukraine, China Stakes a Position Further From U.S. 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Former leader Deng Xiaoping introduced a two-term limit to prevent the rise of another figure like Mao Zedong who ruled China for nearly three decades. Zero Covid holds danger for China's Xi 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Zhang survived war and then persecution under Mao Zedong to become one of China’s most famed lawyers. Zhang Sizhi, Lawyer Who Defended Chinese Dissidents, Dies at 94 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Xi is only months away from an important Communist Party congress, when he is expected to claim an unprecedented third term and cement his status as China’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong. Xi Tells a Muted Hong Kong That Political Power Is for Patriots 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Mary Gallagher, who teaches Chinese studies at the University of Michigan, said then-Chinese leader Mao Zedong wanted to ensure that Hong Kong would remain part of China. EXPLAINER: Why is China denying Hong Kong was a UK colony? 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z In the preface to a mixology book published in 1994, Mr. Chou called Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping “great leaders” for making China prosperous. They Inhabited Separate Worlds in Taiwan. Decades Later, They Collided in a California Church. 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z This, Shih suggests, was the approach Mao Zedong took and Xi may be beginning to adopt. Swirling doubts herald major shifts at upcoming Chinese political meeting 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z “The problem is that today, many young people just have no idea who Joseph Stalin was or who Mao Zedong was, and they were the greatest mass murderers of the 20th century.” Victims of Communism Museum to open in nation’s capital 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z During China’s civil war, Mao Zedong’s communists forced Chiang Kai-shek and his nationalist forces to flee the mainland for the island in 1949. EXPLAINER: US keeps world guessing on Taiwan stance 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Three people have been jailed in Hong Kong for stealing art said to be worth millions, including a calligraphy scroll written by former Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong. Mao Zedong scroll thieves jailed in Hong Kong 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z In 2018, Chinese lawmakers removed the two-term limit, clearing the way for Xi to cement his status this year as the nation’s most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong. Troubles mount in China ahead of Xi's bid to stay in power 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z If the rumor turns out to be true, it could be similar ploy used by Mao Zedong in the early 1960s after the disastrous Great Leap Forward. Rumors swirl that China’s Xi Jinping will step down amid harsh COVID lockdowns 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z The rupture followed Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev’s denunciation of Josef Stalin, angering the more doctrinaire Mao Zedong, who admired Stalin. DIA: Intel suggests COVID virus was lab-engineered 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Footage of the trip shows the beaming youngster meeting Chinese leader Mao Zedong. Analysis: Marcos as Philippine president a boon for China, awkward for U.S. 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z China’s Mao Zedong, Cuba’s Fidel Castro and Soviet Russia’s Joseph Stalin were among the communist leaders he identified as having murdered their people in oppressive regimes. Florida law requiring schools to teach ‘evils of communism’ stirs debate 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z And while Xi may be China’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong, he needs a core of staunch loyalists on the seven-member Standing Committee. Analysis-Shanghai COVID crisis puts political spotlight on key Xi ally 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z We weren’t going to invade the U.S.S.R. to avenge the Holodomor or put Mao Zedong on trial for the Great Leap Forward, and we shouldn’t expect to see Xi Jinping in the dock, either. Opinion | Why Biden Saying ‘Genocide’ Doesn’t Matter 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z What it all adds up to, Lindsay argues, is an attempt "to recreate the psychological destruction of children" that Chinese leader Mao Zedong undertook in the 1960s Cultural Revolution. What is "social emotional learning" — and how did it become the right's new CRT panic? 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Earlier in the day, the president had met with Chinese leader Mao Zedong. A Chinese cigarette tin launched D.C.’s 50-year love affair with pandas 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Japan colonized it from that year through World War II, and Chiang Kai-shek’s U.S.-backed Kuomintang forces retreated to the island after losing China’s civil war to Mao Zedong’s Communists in 1949. Opinion | The key difference between standing up for democracy in Ukraine and Taiwan 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z The otherwise awesome Retropolis article on the 50th anniversary of Richard M. Nixon meeting with Chinese dictator Mao Zedong, “In 1972, Nixon shocked the world by visiting China,” contained one sentence that was potentially misleading. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Proposing a better layout for these sports pages 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z He compared him to Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Mao Zedong in terms of brutality and the way their personalities have driven their country’s entire foreign policies. Russian President Vladimir Putin has features of a psychopath: expert 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z At the same time, Chinese guerrillas led by China’s Communist leader, Mao Zedong, continued to fight the Japanese in the conquered area. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In a throwback to the 1950s, when Mao Zedong worked closely with Joseph Stalin and then Nikita Khrushchev, China is again drawing close to Russia. Before Ukraine Invasion, Russia and China Cemented Economic Ties 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z Nixon visited Mao Zedong in Beijing 50 years ago this week, when they both led their respective nations. One American life, set on new course by Nixon’s China visit 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z That was the priority for Mao Zedong, the chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, and Zhou. Op-Ed: How Nixon's fabled trip to China, 50 years ago this week, led to today's Taiwan crisis 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z Chinese dictator Mao Zedong woke up early and got a shave and a haircut for the first time in months. China was a brutal communist menace. In 1972, Richard Nixon visited, anyway. 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z After the Communists came to power in China in 1949, Mao Zedong set out to transform China. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping both had an unhappy record of choosing, then turning on, political heirs. A Succession Drama, Chinese Style, Starring Xi Jinping 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z Fifty years ago this month, Chairman Mao Zedong made President Richard Nixon a promise: He would send two giant pandas to the United States. 50 years later, some question value of U.S.-China ‘panda diplomacy’ 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z Even more so was their joint statement, which sent a message of cooperation between the two countries not seen since Josef Stalin and Mao Zedong. Congress must unite behind China competitiveness bill 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Sixty years ago, during the Great Leap Forward, Mao Zedong made extravagant claims about new agricultural techniques that could lift China out of starvation. ‘Politics of grandeur’: 2 Olympics and China’s love of big 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z The dynamic leader Mao Zedong would pave the way for transforming China into a totalitarian Communist state, as you will read in Section 3. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But Meng, one of millions of urban Chinese youths sent to work in fields and factories in the depths of Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution, brought along his ice skates and a passion for the pastime. At Winter Games, a Hard-Bitten Chinese Coal Town Hunts for Gold 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z During the Korean War, when the American-led United Nations forces pushed their way up the Korean Peninsula toward China, Mao Zedong sent troops streaming across the border to turn the tide of the conflict. North Korea Builds ICBM Base Near China as Fears of New Test Loom 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z The decades-long struggle between party pragmatists and ideologues is not new, escalating rapidly after the death of regime founder Mao Zedong in 1976. Downturn threatens Chinese leader’s drive to re-impose communism 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z During his visit, Fernandez also laid a wreath at the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, where the embalmed body of Mao Zedong, the communist revolutionary who founded the People’s Republic, is displayed inside a crystal sarcophagus. UK rebukes China for supporting Argentina’s Falklands claim 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z Mao Zedong had already begun to develop his own brand of communism. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Xi appears increasingly assured of winning another five-year term as party leader at that congress, confirming his status as China’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping. In Beijing, Olympic Spectacle and Global Power Games 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z When she ascended the throne, Josef Stalin, Mao Zedong and Harry Truman were running the Soviet Union, China and the United States, respectively, while Winston Churchill was British prime minister. Queen Elizabeth quietly marks 70 years on the British throne 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z That would give him more control over China’s future than any leader since Deng Xiaoping, who instituted term limits in the 1980s as guardrails against the one-man rule that devastated China under Mao Zedong. Xi Jinping sees Beijing Olympics as validation of his power 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z He will carry out activities including being given an honorary title by the prestigious Tsinghua University and laying a wreath at Mao Zedong's mausoleum. Argentina's Fernandez set for China, Russia tour after IMF accord 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Xi is now expected to be appointed to a third five-year term as the ruling party’s general secretary this fall, cementing his position as China’s strongest leader since Mao Zedong. From Tiananmen to Hong Kong, China’s crackdowns defy critics 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z That would cement his position as an equal to Mao Zedong, the founder of the Chinese People's Republic, and his successor Deng Xiaoping, who oversaw major reforms to the country's economy. China's Xi Jinping defends 'common prosperity' crackdowns 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z Ai writes in his memoir: “The year I was born, Mao Zedong unleashed a political storm — the Anti-Rightist Campaign, designed to purge “rightist” intellectuals who had criticized the government. The AP Interview: Exiled artist Ai Weiwei on Beijing Games 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z That was fewer even than the number in 1961, when the Great Leap Forward, Mao Zedong’s economic policy, resulted in widespread famine and death. China’s Births Hit Historic Low, a Political Problem for Beijing 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z That moment came during my first trip to China in May 1977, eight months after the death of that country's leader, Mao Zedong. How I learned the power of lies: Fact and falsehood in the age of Trump (and long before) 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z Mao Zedong founded China’s communist state in 1949 and led the country for more than two decades. From Tiananmen to Hong Kong, China’s crackdowns defy critics 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z The communists won in 1949, and their leader, Mao Zedong, took control in Beijing. China and Taiwan: A really simple guide to a growing conflict 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z In a scene reminiscent of the show trials of Mao Zedong’s China, Cruz promptly recanted his deviation from party doctrine. Column: The lesson of Jan. 6: Jan. 6 still isn't over 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z In China, the Cultural Revolution lasted from 1966 until the death of Mao Zedong in 1976 and was aimed at removing Mao's rivals in the Party, government, schools and workplaces. The American Mao: Donald Trump has led the Republican Party into a cultural revolution 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z Having done away with term limits in 2018, China's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong is steering the country back toward its socialist roots, upending financial markets. Analysis: Xi's next term needs a new China portfolio, investors say 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Under Mr. Xi’s rule, intellectuals are now warier of speaking their minds in China than at practically any time since Mao Zedong died in 1976. Ahead of Biden’s Democracy Summit, China Says: We’re Also a Democracy 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z There, they visit the embalmed body of Mao Zedong, whom Homer Simpson calls “a little angel that killed 50 million people.” A ‘Simpsons’ Episode Lampooned Chinese Censorship. In Hong Kong, It Vanished. 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z In another part of the episode, the Simpsons also visit the embalmed body of former Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong, whom Homer refers to as "a little angel that killed 50 million people". The Simpsons: Tiananmen episode not found in Hong Kong 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z He began studying economics at Xiamen University in Fujian, but his education was cut short by the Cultural Revolution, when Mao Zedong largely shut down university classes. Peng Shuai’s Accusation Pierced the Privileged Citadel of Chinese Politics 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z Only hours after the two leaders’ call, the Chinese Communist Party anointed Xi as one of China’s most revered leaders, on a par with Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping, and perhaps even greater. Xi Jinping thinks the West is done 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z China has historically oscillated between international engagement and isolation, such as when Mao Zedong largely shut China off from the world in the 1960s during the tumultuous Cultural Revolution. Covid pushed China away from the world stage. But its global ambitions persist. 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Mr. Xi’s name appears 22 times in the resolution; Mao Zedong gets 18 mentions, and Deng Xiaoping six. China’s History Is Revised, to the Glory of Xi Jinping 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z The Communist Party’s Central Committee passed a resolution at this month’s plenum meeting that, in effect, granted Xi the same status as China’s foundational leaders, Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping. Opinion | Biden maneuvers to avoid the unintended conflict with China 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z It puts Xi on the same pedestal as predecessors Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping, whose pre-eminence was cemented by the only other two such resolutions passed, in 1945 and 1981, respectively. China condemns 'money worship', corruption of reform era in key document 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Only two former leaders of the Communist Party, revolutionary founder Mao Zedong and economic reformer Deng Xiaoping, have issued historical resolutions before, in 1945 and 1981 respectively. Xi Jinping ensures his future with a resolution that rewrites China's past 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z The only two previous such party "historical resolutions", in 1945 and 1981, had the effect of consolidating the authority of leaders Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping, respectively. China's Communist Party to wrap up key meeting as Xi strengthens power 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z The history resolution sets him in the party’s firmament of epoch-defining leaders, alongside Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping. China’s History Is Revised, to the Glory of Xi Jinping 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z A high-level meeting opening in Beijing on Monday will issue a “resolution” officially reassessing the party’s 100-year history that is likely to cement his status as an epoch-making leader alongside Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping. To Steer China’s Future, Xi Is Rewriting Its Past 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z Only two previous leaders of China have similarly adjudicated on party history: Mao Zedong, the founder of the People’s Republic, and Deng Xiaoping, the strongman leader who unleashed market reforms in 1978. China’s Xi Jinping, preparing for a third term, shuts the door on the past 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Xi, regarded as China's most powerful leader since Chairman Mao Zedong, has been consolidating his authority and legacy further this year, with "Xi Jinping Thought" now officially incorporated into the national school curriculum. China's Xinhua lauds Xi ahead of key Communist Party meeting 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z Rumors and overseas reports about affairs between younger women and leading officials have long been staples of Chinese politics, starting with the founder of the People's Republic, Mao Zedong. Tennis, sex and politics combine in Chinese #MeToo scandal 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Rumors and overseas reports about affairs between younger women and leading officials have long been staples of Chinese politics, starting with the founder of the People’s Republic, Mao Zedong. Tennis, sex and politics combine in Chinese #MeToo scandal 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Among Chinese leaders, only Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping have enacted such decisions, underscoring the ambition of Xi’s campaign. Shutting down historical debate, China makes it a crime to mock heroes 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z The so-called "historical resolution", the text of which has not been released, will be only the third, with the previous two put forth during the tenures of Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping. China's Xi to cement authority, legacy in Communist Party resolution 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Should Xi Jinping succeed in returning Taiwan to the fold of the motherland, his status would top that of Mao Zedong himself in the Chinese Communist hierarchy. Review | As the U.S. and China continue to posture, the key will be Taiwan 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Chinese President Xi Jinping has asserted China's place on the global stage much more strongly than any of his predecessors since Mao Zedong, China's paramount leader during the Cold War. How China’s past shapes Xi's thinking - and his view of the world 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z Xi, China’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong, has not left the People’s Republic since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, though he has joined video calls with global leaders. Will Xi attend COP26? China says: await an announcement 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z With the consolidation of state power under the Communist leader Mao Zedong, public life was not only constrained but co-opted, through mass rallies and omnipresent propaganda. In Shanghai, Teahouses Offer Both Community and Solitude 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Shum was born in Shanghai in 1968 at the height of the Cultural Revolution, Mao Zedong’s campaign to remake China through a revolutionary baptism. Review | An insider’s view of China’s Communist Party: Corruption and capitalist excess 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z The Chinese soldiers sent by Mao Zedong across the frozen Yalu River to support North Korea are valorized in official Communist Party history, and those who died, including Mao’s son Mao Anying, are considered martyrs. Americans vanquished, China triumphant: 2021’s hit war epic doesn’t fit Hollywood script 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Throughout the 20th Century, Mao Zedong and other major communist political leaders took part in theoretical debates on Marxism with immense consequences. How China’s past shapes Xi's thinking - and his view of the world 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z China’s space programme has come far since late leader Mao Zedong lamented that the country could not even launch a potato into space. China launches second crewed mission to build space station 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z Even now, the death of one of Mao Zedong’s sons, Mao Anying, long attributed to a careless urge to cook fried rice, remains a fraught topic. For China’s Holidays, a Big-Budget Blockbuster Relives an American Defeat 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z In his eyes, Maoism, the form of communism developed by Chinese leader Mao Zedong, held intrigue, if not allure. Jonathan Mirsky, chronicler and critic of China, dies at 88 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z It has been around since the 1950s, when it was used by the founding leader of the People's Republic of China Mao Zedong. Changing China: How Beijing's crackdowns are impacting business 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z At that time, Mao Zedong had unleashed the Cultural Revolution, and life was upended for many Uyghurs, the mostly Muslim ethnic group in Xinjiang that included Ibrahim’s parents. Afghan Uyghurs Fear Deportation as Taliban Cozy Up to China 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z The National Theatre, a gift from China’s Mao Zedong, opened its doors in 1967. Cinema returns to Somalia after decades of shut-downs and strife 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z The theatre was built by Chinese engineers as a gift from China's leader Mao Zedong in 1967. Somalis enjoy first public film screening in 30 years 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Anyone who has visited China over the past several decades has heard anguished stories from Chinese friends about the results of Mao Zedong’s social engineering in the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution. Opinion | Xi Jinping’s disturbing Maoist turn 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z As the most powerful Chinese leader since Chairman Mao Zedong, Xi has more to say about the earth’s environmental future than any other individual. Opinion | The goals we’ve set aren’t enough to stave off global warming. It’s past time to get real. 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z A former philosophy professor, Guzman was a lifelong communist who traveled to China in the late 1960s and was awed by Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution. Abimael Guzman, founder of Peruvian rebel group Shining Path, dies at 86 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z Xi has yet to give details, but in a society in which every political term is scrutinized for significance, the name revives a 1950s propaganda slogan under Mao Zedong, the founder of the Communist government. China chases ‘rejuvenation’ with control of tycoons, society 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z The 10-year “Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution” begun in 1966 was meant by Mao Zedong to purge capitalist elements from within the Communist Party. Chinese media accuse U.S. of biological warfare 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z Mao Zedong used the phrase “common prosperity” in the 1950s, in the early stages of pushing China toward socialist collectivization that culminated in a disastrous Great Leap into communism. Warning of Income Gap, Xi Tells China’s Tycoons to Share Wealth 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z Footage also surfaced of his classroom, which reportedly included a poster of former Chinese dictator Mao Zedong, as well as one with the Antifa flag. CA school board faces intense backlash over 'Antifa' teacher: 'Where does the f---g buck stop?' 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z After taking power over China, Mao Zedong invited intellectuals, journalists and others to critique the new government. How Will the Taliban Govern? A History of Rebel Rule Offers Clues. 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Propagandists in the 1950s and 1960s used to extensively display Mao Zedong's portraits at rallies and celebrations to whip up a personality cult around him and cultivate loyalty. China marks Tibet anniversary with call to accept Communist Party rule 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z After seizing power in China, Mao Zedong invited intellectuals, students and others to publicly critique his new government. Seeking Global Recognition, Taliban Take a New Approach: Making Nice 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z In Taiwan, the report found filtering of senior members of China's ruling Communist Party, including historical figures such as Chairman Mao Zedong. Apple censors engraving service, report claims 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z Xi, by contrast, is widely seen as China's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong, which analysts say fuels an ardour for implementation and amplification by China's sprawling bureaucracy. Analysis: China regulatory storm tests nerves, limits of top-down policy 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z The International Olympic Committee has closed a potential disciplinary case against two Chinese gold medalists who wore pin badges of Mao Zedong on the Olympic podium. Japan beats U.S. for first baseball gold 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z Two Chinese cyclists wore badges with an image of former leader Mao Zedong during a medal ceremony last week. China says no more Mao badges after IOC warning 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z The International Olympic Committee said it was investigating a potential breach of Olympic regulations after two cyclists from China wore pins bearing the silhouette of Mao Zedong in a medal ceremony. I.O.C. seeks answers after two Chinese athletes wore Mao pins during the medal ceremony. 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z The International Olympic Committee says it is investigating two Chinese cyclists who wore badges featuring an image of the country's former leader Mao Zedong during a medal ceremony. Chinese gold medallists face investigation over Mao badges 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z For decades, Yu Ruxin, a businessman turned independent historian, scoured used book stalls across China for frayed, yellowing documents about the Cultural Revolution, a decade of mass political upheaval unleashed by Mao Zedong. Rescuing China’s Muzzled Past, One Footnote at a Time 2021-07-25T04:00:00Z Huske’s mother, Ying, grew up in Guangzhou, China, just northwest of Hong Kong, as Mao Zedong and the Communist Party were rising to power. Torri Huske, after a record-setting swim trials, enters the Olympics as a possible breakout star 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z A China yuan banknote featuring late Chinese chairman Mao Zedong and a computer keyboard are seen reflected on an image of Chinese flag in this illustration picture taken November 1, 2019. China drafts new cyber security industry plan 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z To them, Mao Zedong is a hero who speaks to their despair as struggling nobodies. ‘Who Are Our Enemies?’ China’s Bitter Youths Embrace Mao. 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z The legacy of Mao Zedong is so deeply ingrained in China and encapsulated in education, culture and film, that some are praising the athletes as today's "national warriors". Chinese gold medallists face investigation over Mao badges 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z Twentieth-century communist dictators Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong branded the press and other critics as “enemies of the people,” treating unfriendly media reports as “fake news.” Opinion | Prosecuting assaults on journalists protects our democracy 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z Mao Zedong was a president at the Central Party School. ‘Red Cradles’ Nurture China’s Next Generation of Communist Leaders 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z The remnants scattered, with some regrouping in a rural mountainous area in Jiangxi Province, where Mao Zedong emerged as a leader. Pictures From a Revolution: China’s Communists Mark a Centennial 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z The celebration was Mr. Xi’s chance to cement a place, at least implicitly, on a dais of era-defining Chinese leaders, above all Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping. Marking Party’s Centennial, Xi Warns That China Will Not Be Bullied 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z The rally — which featured a military flyover and people waving Chinese flags and singing patriotic songs — in some ways recalled the mass events held by Mao Zedong, communist China’s founding leader. Xi Jinping warns China won’t be bullied at Communist Party centenary 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z The problem was so dire that Mao Zedong set up a secret military project, Project 523, to find a solution for it. W.H.O. Says China Has Eliminated Malaria 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z The defeated Republic of China government fled to Taiwan in 1949 after loosing a civil war to Mao Zedong’s Communist Party. China's Xi pledges 'reunification' with Taiwan on party's birthday 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Xi, China’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong, and the party are riding high as the country recovers briskly from the COVID-19 outbreak and takes a more assertive stand on the global stage. China's Communist Party to celebrate 100th birthday in show of pomp and power 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z At the initial congress, Mao Zedong was the representative for Hunan province. Factbox: A hundred years on, how the Communist Party dominates China 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z Tourists inspecting a sculpture in the Yan’an area, where Mao Zedong and other Chinese Communist Party leaders were based for years.Credit... ‘Red Tourism’ Flourishes in China Ahead of Party Centennial 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z Nationalist forces fled to the island after losing a civil war to Mao Zedong’s Communists in the late 1940s. Joint Chiefs head says China lacks ‘capability’ to capture Taiwan 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z But with an eye on China, where the Communist Mao Zedong had won the civil war, President Dwight D. Eisenhower said defeating Vietnam’s Communists was essential “to block further Communist expansion in Asia.” The Secrets and Lies of the Vietnam War, Exposed in One Epic Document 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Beijing has said it hopes to see more Edgar Snows — a reference to the American writer who provided insight into Chinese Communist Party leader Mao Zedong but has also been described as China’s “perfect mouthpiece.” Op-eds in a Chinese state tabloid slammed U.S. policy. The author works at the Pentagon. 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z A Virginia mom who endured Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution before immigrating to the U.S. ripped a Virginia school board at a public meeting Tuesday over its stubborn support of the controversial critical race theory. Virginia mom who survived Maoist China eviscerates school board's critical race theory push 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z The self-described "Marxist" was also seen in a resurfaced video favorably comparing a book to "red book" propagated under Mao Zedong. Former BLM leader sounds off on group's 'ugly truth' 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z The Chinese Communist Party relied on Soviet scientists in its early years, when Western governments did not recognize Mao Zedong’s rule. Huawei calls on an old friend, Russia, as U.S. sanctions bite down 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z The crisis in 1958 instead ebbed when Mao Zedong’s Communist forces broke off the attacks on the islands, leaving them in the control of Chiang Kai-shek’s nationalist Republic of China forces based on Taiwan. Risk of Nuclear War Over Taiwan in 1958 Said to Be Greater Than Publicly Known 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z It’s being developed under FAW’s Hongqi brand, or “red flag,” which the automaker first started using when it pretty much exclusively made cars for high-ranking Chinese government officials, including Mao Zedong. The Hongqi S9 is the start of a new chapter in China’s automotive story 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z The rebels, who say they are inspired by Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong, have been fighting for more than five decades in central and eastern India. World Digest: March 23, 2021 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z The area is a known stronghold of Maoist rebels, who say they are inspired by Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong. Maoist rebels kill 4 Indian police in roadside bomb attack 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z It remains to be seen whether Mr. Trump’s legacy as artistic muse will be as enduring as, say, Mao Zedong’s. Trump as You’ve Never Seen Him Before 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z A similar skepticism often greets these routine, rote pronouncements that skeptics say smack of a conformity akin to Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution. ‘So much shame’: Woke left-wingers increasingly embarrassed over White ‘privileged’ status 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z Mao Zedong, who founded the People's Republic of China in 1949, oversaw attempts to industrialise the country's peasant economy in the 1950s. Has China lifted 100 million people out of poverty? 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z But during the Cultural Revolution of the late 1960s and early 1970s, roving bands of Red Guards devoted to Mao Zedong destroyed mosques in Utsul villages, as they did across China. China’s Crackdown on Muslims Extends to a Resort Island 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z In 1964, Mao Zedong wrote that intellectuals should seek to "make the past serve the present—and to make the foreign serve China." How Chinese infrastructure is reshaping the planet 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z His father moved to Hong Kong during Mao Zedong’s rule after four of 10 siblings starved to death in mainland China, he said. For Hong Kongers, Canada is beaten path out of China’s grip 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z “There isn’t widespread public discontent at the moment.... so you don’t see Che Guevara or Mao Zedong in the market,” Huang said, referring to the charismatic leaders in Cuban and Chinese revolutions. 'The police will visit you': why GameStonk won't come to China 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z Zhu grew up in the 1980s, a politically open era in China, when teachers at times touched on concepts like democracy and freedom of speech after the disastrous tumult of Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution. Year after lockdown, Wuhan dissident more isolated than ever 2021-01-24T05:00:00Z “I think she’s a lightweight compared to her sister,” said Hung Huang, a cultural critic and publisher whose mother once worked as Mao Zedong’s translator and English tutor. A Child of China’s Gilded Elite Strikes a Nerve Over Wealth and Privilege 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z The company was created as part of an industrialisation push by Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong in the 1950s. Audi to make electric cars with China's oldest carmaker FAW 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z Taiwan’s official title is the Republic of China, the name of Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist Party government that he moved to Taiwan in 1949 as Mao Zedong’s Communists swept to power on mainland China. Taiwan heralds visit by US ambassador to UN as China fumes 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z In another section, however, the report argues that China’s communism, espoused by successive leaders since Mao Zedong, resulted in “an ideological stance that is neither strictly communist nor purely nationalist.” China’s communist ideology, hyper nationalism behind raising threat level: State Department report 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z While at Chinese Communist Party headquarters in Yanan, Mr. Topping watched peasant folk dances with Mao Zedong’s wife, Jiang Qing, who was later a driving force in the murderous purge dubbed the Cultural Revolution. Seymour Topping, high-powered foreign correspondent and editor, dies at 98 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z The book was generally well received and was notable as one of the first in-depth Western reports on life in China after the communist revolution of the 1940s led by Mao Zedong. Jan Myrdal, radical and rebellious Swedish writer, dies at 93 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z Five portraits of Chinese leaders from Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping hung beneath it, each praising the spirit of resisting “U.S. aggression” during the Korean War. Amid U.S. election, China uses war stories to rally long-term resistance to Washington 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z Under Mao Zedong in the early 1950s, China severed diplomatic ties with the Vatican, razed churches and deported missionaries before setting up its own Catholic Association. Vatican under fire for moving to renew deal with the Chinese Communist Party 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z Tensions over the coronavirus pandemic have exposed Trump’s claims of friendship with Xi, the most ruthless leader since Mao Zedong, as expedient and hollow. Trump promised to bring China to heel. He didn’t and the result is a pitched conflict between the world’s two major powers. 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z As a child growing up in Shanghai during the Cultural Revolution, Wang would listen to Mao Zedong’s speeches through a loudspeaker in kindergarten. This biologist helped trace SARS to bats. Now, he's working to uncover the origins of COVID-19 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z “When the enemy advances, I withdraw. When he retreats, I pursue,” he says, quoting Mao Zedong’s famous approach to guerrilla warfare. Dispirited but defiant, Hong Kong's spirit of resistance endures 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z There is no sign identifying the complex, only an inscription bearing an exhortation from Communist Party founding father Mao Zedong: "Stay true to our founding mission and aspirations." China is building vast new detention centers for Muslims in Xinjiang 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z But growth this year, pummeled by the coronavirus crisis, is likely to slow to its weakest pace since 1976 - the final year of Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution. Reform hopes rise as China focuses on inward economic shift 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z While armies under Nationalist Party leader Chiang Kai-shek fought most of the major battles, Communist Party guerrillas under Mao Zedong forced Japan to divert soldiers and resources from battlefields elsewhere with low-level engagements. China commemorates 75th anniversary of end of Pacific War 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z Four years later, Chiang Kai-shek relocated the Republic of China and its institutions to the island as Mao Zedong’s Communist Party swept to power in the Chinese Civil War. New Taiwan passports to emphasize distinction with China 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z But they were common in the era of Mao Zedong, when the People’s Daily would urge citizens to “eat only two meals a day, one of which should be soft and liquid.” Xi Declares War on Food Waste, and China Races to Tighten Its Belt 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z “I felt China’s return to the Cultural Revolution was already a reality,” she said, referring to the violent and fanatical years under Mao Zedong in the 1960s and 1970s. China's Cai Xia: former party insider who dared criticise Xi Jinping 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z President Richard M. Nixon began a process of diplomatic opening in 1971 with Communist-ruled China to get Mao Zedong’s help in countering the Soviet Union. U.S. Tries to Bolster Taiwan’s Status, Short of Recognizing Sovereignty 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z Along the way, Drake showcases his collection of basketball jerseys, an array of music awards, an Andy Warhol painting of Mao Zedong, a flashy grand piano and a gigantic indoor swimming pool. 11 of the best music videos from lockdown 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z She and her family lived in Hong Kong during Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution, and they lived in Laos at the end of the Vietnam War. Driving Across the Globe to Fight Child Trafficking 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z Tens of millions starved to death in China’s Great Famine of 1958-61, after Mao Zedong commanded people to meet unrealistic crop quotas through unscientific planting methods copied from the Soviet Union. "Man cannot win against nature": Amid catastrophic floods, China's dams come into question 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden raised eyebrows on Monday when he echoed rhetoric that was famously used by Chinese communist dictator Mao Zedong, according to reports. Biden uses quote notably uttered by Mao Zedong during big-money fundraiser: reports 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z The KMT-led Republic of China government fled to Taiwan in 1949 after loosing the Chinese civil war to Mao Zedong’s Communist Party. More fighting as Taiwan opposition again occupies parliament 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z Suggestions include the “Communist Manifesto and the new era,” the poems of Mao Zedong, and “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” the influential 19th-century abolitionist novel of slavery in America. In echo of Mao era, China's schools in book-cleansing drive 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z The Education Bureau's teaching materials discuss the Cultural Revolution and Mao Zedong's purges of intellectuals and other anti-communist elements in one paragraph. Teachers face threats, and books are banned as China pushes party line in Hong Kong schools 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z A slogan that went viral this week was a quote by Mao Zedong: “Those who suppress the student movements will not come to a good end.” 'Hidden language': Hongkongers get creative against security law 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump is no student of nuclear history, but in some ways he is replaying a moment from the 1960s, when Mao Zedong was seeking nuclear weapons. A New Superpower Competition Between Beijing and Washington: China’s Nuclear Buildup 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z In the book’s sixth chapter, our hero goes to the Saharan Motor Hotel to meet screenwriter Charlie Kaufman to discuss playing Mao Zedong in a biopic that “Carrey” believes “will be his ‘Raging Bull.’” What Jim Carrey realized when he thought he had 10 minutes to live 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z The Cultural Revolution began in 1966 when Communist leader Mao Zedong began a campaign to eliminate his rivals. The man who documented China's cultural revolution 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z Miles Yu began life in rural China amid the madness of Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution, when Red Guard zealots roamed the country trashing and killing all vestiges of tradition and capitalism in the country. From Mao’s China to Foggy Bottom: Miles Yu a key player in new approach to Beijing 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z As her party crossed a bridge over the Yangtze river, the German Chancellor wanted to hear about a grand gesture by revolutionary leader Mao Zedong. For virus-tamer Merkel, global alliances trumped nationalism 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z Her father, a landlord, was killed in China’s land reform movement in the 1950s under Mao Zedong, she said. Hong Kong people defy ban on Tiananmen vigil to honor massacre victims 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z Weijian Shan, a major private equity investor in Hong Kong, recently wrote a memoir detailing recollections of his difficult childhood under the harsh policies of Mao Zedong. Why China May Call the World’s Bluff on Hong Kong 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z His father, a famous revolutionary leader, was purged and held in solitary confinement under Mao Zedong. In China’s Crisis, Xi Sees a Crucible to Strengthen His Rule 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z Or Wu Chuanyong, a family patriarch from Wuhan, China, who taught his son the virtues of frugality after being part of a mandatory rural work program by Mao Zedong. Lives Lost: Victims of the virus, remembered for tomorrow 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z Ji Chaozhu, a veteran Chinese diplomat who provided English translation for leaders including Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping and served as an undersecretary of the United Nations, died April 29 in Beijing. Ji Chaozhu, Chinese diplomat and Mao Zedong’s interpreter, dies at 90 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z Beginning with Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin and China's Mao Zedong, the list of malefactors that U.S. officials and militant journalists have likened to Hitler is a long one. V-E Day plus 75: From a moment of victory to a time of pandemic 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z China reported a 6.8 percent drop in economic output for the first quarter, its first contraction on record since the death of party founder Mao Zedong in 1976. Fearing political dangers, China spent years preparing for this economic crash 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z Chen was born to a farming family in Fujian province, in southeast China, where his university studies were delayed by Mao Zedong’s brutal Cultural Revolution. Scientists know ways to help stop viruses from spreading on airplanes. They’re too late for this pandemic. 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z When Mao Zedong’s Communist army prevailed over the nationalists in 1949, the Communist Party deployed the Red Cross to denounce “traitors” in rival Taiwan and “imperialist” Americans fighting in the Korean War. Coronavirus Diplomacy: How China’s Red Cross Serves the Communist Party 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z The Cultural Revolution, a campaign launched by then-leader Mao Zedong to get rid of his rivals, led to massive social, economic and political upheaval in China. Judge sympathises with man who stabbed protesters 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z The Yangtze’s water is “very sweet,” communist leader Mao Zedong said after he swallowed a mouthful while swimming in the 1950s, according to a report from the time by The Associated Press. Wuhan embraces Yangtze River as virus-hit city reopens 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z Some at the protest said Gordon was fomenting uncertainty, and they likened Orr to Chairman Mao Zedong, China’s late Communist autocrat, pushing government interests over the people. Coronavirus has largely spared Wyoming, so far. Amid protests to open up, some worry the worst is yet to come. 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z Fang Fang has likened the harassment to her childhood during the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and ’70s, when anyone seen as even mildly critical of Mao Zedong risked torture or imprisonment. As Coronavirus Fades in China, Nationalism and Xenophobia Flare 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z He also drew illustrations for advertising and for Time magazines covers, including one from 1971 depicting President Richard M. Nixon playing ping-pong with Chinese leader Mao Zedong. Mort Drucker, Mad magazine artist who drew humor from American life, dies at 91 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z Some of Drucker’s illustrations, include a Time cover drawing of Richard Nixon and Mao Zedong playing table tennis, ended up in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Mad magazine illustrator Mort Drucker dies at 91 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z He likened modern China to the Mao Zedong era, when young zealots cheered the party leader even as the country was seized by years of famine. China probes tycoon who labeled Xi a ‘clown’ over fumbled coronavirus response 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z Wu’s parents were both “sent-down youth,” part of a mandatory program initiated by Chairman Mao Zedong in the mid-1900s that sent young people from the cities to labor in the countryside. Coronavirus struck entire Wuhan family, took its patriarch 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z “We will not attack unless we are attacked,” the ministry said, citing a slogan from founding leader Mao Zedong. In China, a young diplomat rises as aggressive foreign policy takes root 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z The rebels are considered India’s biggest internal security threat and claim inspiration from Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong. 17 Indian policemen killed in attack by Maoist rebels 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z That remark drew a ferocious rebuke from senior Chinese diplomats, who have become increasingly combative since Xi Jinping – an authoritarian leader regarded as China’s most powerful since Mao Zedong – took power in 2012. Bolsonaro’s son enrages Beijing by blaming China for coronavirus crisis 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z Even if you included Nebuchadnezzar, Joseph Stalin, and Mao Zedong, I doubt he would have any serious competition. The conundrum of Trumpopoly: I’m sick of both Donald Trump and the fake news 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z China was led at the time by dictator Mao Zedong. Bernie Sanders once said Mao-era China had democracy ‘on the local level’ 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z In early 1958, Mao Zedong, the leader of Communist China, announced a new economic experiment meant to catapult his country ahead of the West in both agriculture and industry. 'The Unauthorized History of Socialism': Mao's 'Great Leap Forward' kills millions in China 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Their names — “jiangshan” for the Chinese nation and “hongqi” for the party’s red flag — are derived from a poem by Chairman Mao Zedong. Coronavirus Weakens China’s Powerful Propaganda Machine 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z The exhibition, curated by Steffi Duarte, details how foreign companies expanded into the Chinese market, how Mao Zedong used socialist realism to get through to Chinese citizens and the latest wave of Chinese design. The Sleeping Giant: how Chinese posters pushed products and propaganda 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z In another painting, Stalin and Mao Zedong knock the heads off German and Japanese soldiers. Pop art painter Peter Saul: 'What's the matter with me? Who knows' 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z He liked to say that he fought with Mao Zedong. One Wuhan family’s tale of quarantine, followed by infection … and tragedy 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z Xi’s ruthless consolidation of power has made him the strongest leader since Mao Zedong but also uniquely vulnerable to criticism that he has overreached. Opinion | How the coronavirus threatens Xi’s ‘Chinese dream’ 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z He has concentrated power in his own hands to a degree not seen since Mao Zedong; it is difficult to blame others when you have made yourself first among unequals. Opinion | Why the coronavirus should change the way we think about China 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Mr. Radchenko compared Mr. Xi’s actions to those of previous leaders in moments of crisis: Mao Zedong after the Cultural Revolution or Deng Xiaoping after the Tiananmen Square crackdown. Where’s Xi? China’s Leader Commands Coronavirus Fight From Safe Heights 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z Before coming to power, Mao Zedong promised minorities self-determination, but that would exist in name only. Her Uighur Parents Were Model Chinese Citizens. It Didn’t Matter. 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z “He liked to say that he fought with Mao Zedong,” she said. One Wuhan family’s tale of quarantine, followed by infection … and tragedy 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z And since the days of Mao Zedong, China has operated under a system known as fragmented authoritarianism, in which even the most local leaders have near-absolute authority over their remit. Coronavirus Exposes Core Flaws, and Few Strengths, in China’s Governance 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z Wuhan held a special place in the heart of Mao Zedong, who famously took a swim in the Yangtze there in 1966 to show his vitality. Wuhan Beyond the Coronavirus: Steel, Cars and Spicy Noodles 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z The city is also the site of an annual swim across the Yangtze to commemorate revolutionary leader Mao Zedong’s famous 1966 swim at age 72. Chinese city at center of virus outbreak a major crossroads 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z He also enjoyed huge prestige as the main architect of a radical reordering of China’s economic and political priorities after the 1976 death of Mao Zedong. Putin Outlines Political Overhaul, Including Possible Post for Himself 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Its main entrance is famous for a portrait of Mao Zedong, the founder of the Chinese Communist Party, and next to the government building, the Great Hall of the People, and the symbolic Tiananmen Square. China anger after woman drives into Forbidden City 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z As I noted in Foreign Affairs, China under Mao Zedong used to be a leading sponsor of revolutionary insurgencies throughout the world. Opinion | Why Trump caved on China 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z A year later, communist leader Mao Zedong announced the creation of the People's Republic of China. China's first female tractor driver dies 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z “On this spot, seventy years ago, Comrade Mao Zedong solemnly declared to the world the establishment of the People’s Republic of China,” he said. The Future of America’s Contest with China 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Another alleged reason for sending young Americans to kill and die in Vietnam was fear that a communist victory would extend the reach of Mao Zedong’s China. Review | From an American soldier in Vietnam, tragedy and poetry 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z Back in August he was condemned for blaming technical issues for staying quiet when a guest said Trump is responsible for more deaths than brutal dictators Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong. CNN’s Brian Stelter lampooned after saying ‘journalists shouldn't advocate’ for impeachment outcome 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z His shorthand for what that meant: “You know, we should love the Party, we should love Mao Zedong, blah, blah, blah.” Revolution 101: For hardened teens of Hong Kong protests, violence is one way forward 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z "Goodbye to this woman who held up half the sky," said another comment, referencing a famous phrase by Mao Zedong. China's first female tractor driver dies 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z Modern Taiwan was founded when Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists, who once ruled on the mainland, were forced to retreat to the island in 1949 after Mao Zedong’s Communists took power in the Chinese Civil War. AP Interview: Taiwan may help if Hong Kong violence expands 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z In 2013, Xi Jinping stormed Beijing as the strongest Chinese leader in generations, pledging to disrupt the economy in ways neither Deng Xiaoping nor Mao Zedong dared. Opinion | Asia’s strongmen talk tough — but they’re wimps when it comes to economic reform 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z But looking at his motherland, newly emerged from the chaos of Mao Zedong’s rule, Li said he hesitated to invest. Special Report: How Hong Kong's greatest tycoon went from friend of China to punching bag 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Mao Zedong’s theories inspired many groups fighting for decolonization and minorities’ rights, giving Beijing an opportunity to wield international influence. Briefly Noted Book Reviews 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z It is partly rooted in the ancient Chinese belief in transformation through education — taken before to terrifying extremes during the mass thought reform campaigns of Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution. Secret documents reveal how China mass detention camps work 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z It is partly rooted in the ancient Chinese belief in transformation through education — taken before to terrifying extremes during the mass thought reform campaigns of Mao Zedong. Secret documents reveal how China mass detention camps work 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z McDonnell once brandished a copy of Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong’s ‘Little Red book’ in parliament and suggested the government heed its advice. Labour vows to spend big to rebuild Britain, Conservatives cry foul 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z In a throwback to the Mao Zedong era, Chinese universities are deploying students as watchdogs against their teachers, part of a sweeping campaign by Mr. Xi to eliminate dissent and turn universities into party strongholds. Professors, Beware. A ‘Student Information Officer’ Might Be Watching. 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z The secretary’s comments undermine the legitimacy of the ruling Communist Party of China that seized power in 1949 under Mao Zedong, analysts say. Pompeo: Communist Party, not Chinese people, threatens U.S. and global security 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z As Mao Zedong said, a single spark can start a prairie fire. American Basketball vs. Chinese Hardball. Guess Who Won. 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z One of the few Western cultural activities not frowned upon during the Cultural Revolution, it was promoted by Mao Zedong and became particularly popular within the Chinese military. How the NBA's rift with China laid bare the cost of free speech 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z Or as China’s jokers say online, referring to the first attempts at diplomacy between Mao Zedong and President Richard M. Nixon in 1971, “China-U.S. relations began with Ping-Pong, and they’ve ended with basketball.” China’s N.B.A. Fans Feel the Tug of Loyalty Toward Beijing 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Donald Trump’s election — and his vitriol against his predecessors, former policymakers and his opponents — led many internationalists to retreat and voluntarily undergo an American version of Mao Zedong’s self-education campaign. Opinion | The foreign policy Americans really want 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Analysts have called Xi China’s most powerful figure since Mao Zedong. Trump offers ‘congratulations’ as China’s Communist Party flexes military, authoritarian muscle 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z The first wave was a response to the ‘Hundred Flowers’ campaign of the 1950s, when party chairman Mao Zedong invited academics to speak freely about Communism. The Chinese Academy of Sciences at 70 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Under founder Mao Zedong, the Party enforced rigid totalitarian socialism. How the Communist Party runs China 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z It included a parade by the People’s Liberation Army and an address by Mao Zedong, the country’s new leader, from the nearby Gate of Heavenly Peace. Parades and Protests on China’s 70th Anniversary 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z The party exhorted residents to sing patriotic songs and study Mao Zedong Thought. A Father-Son Split on Hong Kong Protests Shows City’s Generational Divide 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z Today’s anniversary marks the day Mao Zedong consolidated Communist party control of China in October 1949, after defeating the nationalist Kuomintang party in the Chinese Civil War. China anniversary: nation marks 70 years of communism amid Hong Kong protests – live 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z The Great Leap Forward was Mao Zedong's attempt to rapidly industrialise China's peasant economy, but it failed and 10-40 million people died between 1959-1961 - the most costly famine in human history. How China became the world's 'economic miracle' 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z The party also voted to enshrine his name and ideology in the constitution, elevating him to the level of founder Mao Zedong. How the Communist Party runs China 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z After more than 20 years of civil war, Mao Zedong leads the communists to victory over the nationalists, and proclaims the founding of the People's Republic of China on 1 October. China celebrates 70th anniversary with huge military parade 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Xi is a die-hard follower of Mao Zedong, the Communist Party and the communist canon, and a “true believer” in the party’s right to rule China, McGregor said. China’s Communist Party has one more reason to celebrate — a year longer in power than the U.S.S.R. 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z The parade marks the 70th anniversary of the day that Mao Zedong announced the founding of the People’s Republic from atop the Tiananmen Gate. Change will come to China, but not through following western ways | Hans van de Ven 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z With the five-star red national flags billowing, hundreds of thousands of people waited for hours before Mao Zedong appeared on the balcony of the Gate of Heavenly Peace to announce the founding of the PRC. ‘Mao inspired me in 1949, but my dreams were soon shattered’ 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z Cut by delicate cut, the form emerges - the unmistakable image of Mao Zedong, founder of modern China. The deep cuts behind China's extraordinary rise 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z The massive military parade will roll across Tiananmen Square under the gaze of President Xi Jinping, the country’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong, who founded the People’s Republic of China on October 1, 1949. China celebrates 70th anniversary with huge military parade 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Chinese leaders banned a cult of personality in the Party’s Constitution after the death of Mao Zedong, who founded the People’s Republic of China. Busts of leaders a hit in China's porcelain capital ahead of key anniversary 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z The birth of modern China was declared on 1 October 1949, after the communists under Mao Zedong won the civil war that followed World War Two. China ramps up security as its big birthday nears 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Cui, the poet, calls it the harshest campaign against faith since the end of the Cultural Revolution, when so-called Red Guards unleashed by Mao Zedong destroyed mosques across the country. A Crackdown on Islam Is Spreading Across China 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z It omits a piece of context: Many were razed earlier, in 1957, by communist zealots during a mass frenzy whipped up by Chairman Mao Zedong. China's Muslim clampdown creeps into the heartland, targeting Hui minority 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z “Mao Zedong died on this day in 1976. The Times said he ‘began as an obscure peasant’ and ‘died one of history’s great revolutionary figures,’ a tweet sent with the obituary read. New York Times apologizes for sharing previous obituary referring to China's Mao as 'one of history's great revolutionary figures' 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z In 1962, 57 years ago, the country was an impoverished wasteland recovering from the massive famine caused by Mao Zedong’s radical economic policies. AP FACT CHECK: Trump distorts impact on China’s economy 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z On the other hand, Nixon had substantive foreign policy achievements: He was winding down the war in Vietnam and opening diplomacy with China, which would lead to his famous handshake with Mao Zedong. Is Joe Biden the new Ed Muskie? A cautionary tale of the 1972 frontrunner 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z Increasingly, he promotes a personality cult and a penchant for mass political campaigns reminiscent of China under Mao Zedong. Opinion | The shutdown of a liberal think tank is a huge setback for China 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z Wang Guodong, 88, who at the height of Mao Zedong’s personality cult was responsible for painting the enormous portrait of him that gazed down on Tiananmen Square, died August 23 at a hospital in Beijing. This week’s passages 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z A short time later, the outlet posted another tweet apologizing for the remark, which read: “We’ve deleted a previous tweet about Mao Zedong that lacked critical historical context.” New York Times apologizes for sharing previous obituary referring to China's Mao as 'one of history's great revolutionary figures' 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z He ripped Stelter's panelists for attempting to diagnose Trump and for claiming Trump may be responsible for "many more millions of deaths" than infamous dictators Adolf Hilter, Joseph Stalin, and Mao Zedong. Mark Levin blasts CNN's Brian Stelter for allowing guests to speculate Trump's mental health 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Rittenberg was twice imprisoned and spent 16 years in solitary confinement, swept up in the fickle tyranny and convulsive whims of his friend Mao Zedong. Sidney Rittenberg, American adviser to the Chinese Communist Party, dies at 98 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z BEIDAIHE, China — Most summers, the founder of Communist China, Mao Zedong, made big and fateful decisions at a funky stretch of beach a few hundred miles east of the nation’s sweltering capital. At Mao’s Beach, China’s Leaders Still Make History as Lifeguards Hide From the Sun 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z China is likely to do more stimulus to stabilize its economy, especially ahead of October, when the nation marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China under Mao Zedong. 9 key countries are on the verge of recession, driving fears the U.S. could follow 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z The state media — whose history of propagandizing stretches back to Mao Zedong’s era — have also made powerful inroads in the new media online, filling the mainland’s information vacuum with an officially Sinicized worldview. China Is Waging a Disinformation War Against Hong Kong Protesters 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z The freelance engineering consultant in Los Angeles who hails from the same Central China province as Chairman Mao Zedong, is one of the three volunteers running @Trump_Chinese. Why I translate all of Trump's tweets into Chinese 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z It was a ritual first begun by Mao Zedong in the 1950s. Paramount and paranoid: China’s Xi faces a crisis of confidence 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z He was raised in the corridors of power, the ward of the premier Zhou Enlai, who along with Mao Zedong was among the leaders of China’s Communist party revolution. Li Peng: former Chinese premier known as 'Butcher of Beijing' dies aged 90 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z One protester waved a red sign with Mao Zedong’s face, printed with a quote from the chairman: “Revolution is no crime, to rebel is justified.” Hong Kong protesters reach out to mainland Chinese in Kowloon march 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z One instrument of repression is the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps , or Bingtuan, which was established by Mao Zedong in 1954, soon after China annexed East Turkestan, as the Central Asian region was then called. Opinion | China’s repression of the Uighurs began 10 years ago. Now their survival is at stake. 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z When President Richard M. Nixon met in Beijing almost 50 years ago with Mao Zedong, China’s totalitarian strongman and a nuclear-armed adversary, the two leaders knew they were setting their countries on a new path. Amid Talks With U.S., Glimpses of New Futures for North Korea 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z “On the Chinese side, you’re seeing a very clear strategy emerge,” said Charles W. Freeman Sr., a former diplomat who interpreted for President Richard Nixon during his meetings with Mao Zedong. At G-20 summit, Trump and Xi try to reach a deal without giving away too much 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z Those divisions, with fractures caused by the communism practiced by Mao Zedong and his successors in Beijing, have played out over the years with turmoil at the top. Communist Party, USA praises Democrat policy shifts ahead of centennial celebration 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z The relationship is one that Chinese leader Mao Zedong once called "as close as lips and teeth". China's Xi to make first state visit to N Korea 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z It is near the tomb of Mao Zedong, the founder of modern China, and the Great Hall of the People, used for Communist Party meetings. What happened in Tiananmen Square? 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Xi in 2018 cemented his status as China’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong by removing presidential term limits from the constitution, allowing him to remain in office indefinitely. Thirty years after Tiananmen, protesters' goals further away than ever 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z His May 30, 1989, photo captured the “Goddess of Democracy,” the students’ version of the Statue of Liberty, facing the portrait of Communist China’s first leader, Mao Zedong, on the massive Tiananmen gate. ‘Tank man’ photographer urges China to open up on Tiananmen 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z A young Mao Zedong found Marxist-Leninism when he worked in the campus library. ‘If I disappear’: Chinese students make farewell messages amid crackdowns over labor activism 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z In the 4,000-mile, year-long trek, the Communists broke through Nationalist lines, eventually ousting them and installing Mao Zedong as leader of China. As trade war grinds on, Chinese authorities ready the populace for a long fight 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z They are inspired by Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong. Maoist rebels kills 4 Indian paramilitary soldiers 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z In October, the Communist Party will celebrate 70 years since Mao Zedong founded the People’s Republic of China. A Chinese Law Professor Criticized Xi. Now He’s Been Suspended. 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z In 1978, Deng Xiaoping and his fellow reformers in the ruling Communist Party inherited an economy — and society — all but ruined by Mao Zedong. Trump trade war slows China economy growth 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z The Maoist hymn, “The East Is Red”, became a Vietnamese anthem; Mao Zedong Thought was sworn in as “the basic theory” of Vietnamese communism. Maoism marches on: the revolutionary idea that still shapes the world 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z In some ways, Chinese propaganda appears to be reverting back to campaigns used under Mao Zedong. 'Time for the Chinese miracle': Beijing's new English language propaganda push 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Policies like tuition-free college were mentioned in the same ominous tone as the atrocities committed by Vladimir Lenin and Mao Zedong. Painting Socialists as Villains, Trump Refreshes a Blueprint 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z It was poor, isolated and ruled by a ruthless leader called Mao Zedong. The Week in Tech: Bracing for the Year of the Pig in China 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z In socialist China in 1956, Chairman Mao Zedong announced a new policy of encouraging dissent and debate. Top 5 failed socialist promises: From Lenin to Chavez 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Mansky’s young daughter agrees with her mom—Putin will end up a tyrant, just like Mao Zedong, she says. “Are We Really Where We Are?”: Trump, Putin, and Washington’s Unbelievable New Normal 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Chairman Mao Zedong is credited with saying, “Let a thousand flowers bloom.” Perspective | Some Maryland state parks have their own Twitter accounts. Not for much longer. 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z After the communists under Mao Zedong won their revolution, Republicans in Washington raised the cry “Who lost China?” Opinion | Trump’s losing Syria. Will he lose the whole region too? 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z |
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