Beijing artist Yin Zhaoyang’s “Passing by Mao Zedong,” at DF2, is an elegant and curiously touching exploration of a globally ubiquitous icon. Yin Zhaoyang was 6 when Mao died in 1976 and ...

The Comrade Mao Zedong Memorial Museum, which once portrayed the leader as a revolutionary icon, now presents him as an incorruptible leader. What this shift in emphasis says about contemporary China.

A session titled “Icons: From Marilyn to Mao, and some more” was held on the third day of the 10th edition of Dhaka Lit Fest. Dominic Ziegler, author of “Black Dragon River”, Florence Noiville, ...

Mao Zedong at a banquet in 1956, and Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy in 1957. Contributor/Bettmann via Getty Images, and J. Wilds/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images 2023-12-08T03:33:31Z ...

Red Guards hold aloft booklets containing the writings of Mao Zedong as they lead a demonstration of some 200,000 people in front of the Soviet Embassy in Beijing on August 29, 1966. AP.

Henry Kissinger said Mao Zedong was the "most dangerous" leader he ever met, citing his role in the deaths of 90 million people in China. ... An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt.

Souvenirs bearing the images of the late Chinese Communist Party leader Mao Zedong and current Chinese President Xi Jinping are seen at a shop in Beijing on April 5, 2023.

Seduced by Mao Zedong: Novel imagines one of his teenage lovers, navigating communist treachery and the Cultural Revolution In a new book by East Bay author Vanessa Hua, a peasant girl travels to ...

Since the days of Mao Zedong, smooth leadership transitions have mostly eluded the Chinese Communist Party. Though it is one of the world’s largest political entities, it lacks an ...