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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 for the ...

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The legacy of Mao Zedong, the founding father of the People’s Republic of China, looms large over the country’s politics and society. And now for some villagers in rural Henan province, he’s an even ...

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The Chinese Communist Party has turned Lu Xun, a Mao-era hero who excoriated the establishment, into a bland, Disney-style character. By Andrew Higgins and Qilai Shen Gao Zhen, who emigrated to the ...

Dissident Artist on Trial in China for Satirical Mao Sculptures, Says Rights Group By Laurie Chen BEIJING, March 30 (Reuters) - Chinese dissident artist Gao Zhen, famous ⁠for ⁠making provocative ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. A banquet menu from 1956 signed by former Chinese leader Mao Zedong sold on Wednesday for $275,000, ...