The chairman Mao Zedong Memorial Hall stands on the former ... The Qianmen area, one of the Beijing’s busiest commercial districts, lies beyond.

China turned to stern rhetoric from a historic conflict with the U.S.—the Korean War—as it steeled itself for the escalating ...

Of all the changes the Cultural Revolution brought to Chinese society, the most crucial was Mao's purge of numerous Communist ...

As the world’s two biggest economies face off over trade, a Chinese diplomat shared a video of the late leader Mao Zedong and ...

The Chinese Communist Party has a long history of repressing dissent, perhaps most brutally during Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution (1966-76). Since Xi Jinping took power in 2013, the regime’s ...

A portrait of China’s former leader, Mao Zedong, in Beijing. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters) China turned to stern rhetoric from a historic conflict with the U.S.—the Korean War—as it steeled itself ...