Mao Zedong
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Can Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez become a Latin American Deng Xiaoping?
Maduro’s Sorbonne-educated successor is talking up an era of ‘reform and opening up’ modelled on China’s post-…
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Mao Zedong’s first Little Red Book had blue cover and less propaganda
Rare early editions of book by communist party chairman, who shunned the idea of wealth, set to fetch £1m at a…
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Morality and rules, and how to avoid drowning: what my daughters learned at Chinese communist school
Our twins spent two years at primary school in Chengdu. Their lessons featured alarming cautionary tales and s…
- Asia Pacific, China, Communism, History, Mao Zedong, Tiananmen Square protests 1989, US news, World news, Xi Jinping
‘Monument to history’ battle between US and China over future of Mao’s secretary’s diary
Beijing is believed to be behind court bid to secure account of life inside Communist HQIn the early hours of …
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Rare copy of Mao’s Little Red Book expected to fetch more than £30,000
Early editions of the book of quotations will be sold at an auction of Cultural Revolution artefactsThe Little…
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A tragedy pushed to the shadows: the truth about China’s Cultural Revolution
It is impossible to understand China without understanding this decade of horror, and the ways in which it sca…
- Asia Pacific, China, Communism, Hong Kong, Human rights, Mao Zedong, Nancy Pelosi, Taiwan, World news, Xi Jinping
The most powerful man in China since Mao: Xi Jinping is on the brink of total power
The Communist party will this week confirm Xi as China’s most powerful leader since Mao. What will his extende…
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China’s censorship reaches far beyond its own borders | Letter
We should never take free speech for granted, especially if it concerns art, writes John FinlayI read with int…
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How Beethoven inspired 50 years of cultural exchange between the US and China
A new book tells how classical music, played to the Chinese by the Philadelphia Orchestra, ushered in decades …
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Fifty years on, ‘Nixon in China’ loses its sparkle in Beijing and Washington
The trip was hailed as a diplomatic breakthrough at the time but now critics in the US question its wisdomOn a…
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Chinese Communist party elevates Xi’s status in ‘historical resolution’
Analysts say move is designed to put president on same level as Mao Zedong and Deng XiaopingXi Jinping’s grip …
- Asia Pacific, China, Chinese economy, Communism, Focus, Mao Zedong, Tiananmen Square protests 1989, World news, Xi Jinping
The Chinese Communist party: 100 years that shook the world
As China marks the centenary of its ruling party, we examine key episodes in its tempestuous history, includin…
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Mao Zedong orders communist armies to prepare to cross Yangtze – archive, 22 April 1949
22 April 1949: The Chinese communist revolutionary called for the ‘anti-democratic Kuomintang forces on Chines…
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Stolen Mao scroll worth £230m was cut in two by £50 buyer, police say
Hong Kong police say person who bought scroll thought it was a fake and too long to displayA calligraphy scrol…
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Britain recognises communist government of China – archive, 7 January 1950
7 January 1950: Unconditional recognition of Mao Zedong’s regime as the legitimate government of all China see…