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The photo, titled "Chairman Mao, the Brightest Sun in the Heart of World's People" was taken in 1961 by "Li Jin", a pen name used by his wife Jiang Qing for photos she took during the "cultural revolution" (1966-76). There was a sudden rise in
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Jean Vincent/Agence France-Presse Getty Images Red Guards supporting Mao Zedong waving copies of his Little Red Book in June 1966 in Beijing, at the beginning of the violent Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution which he launched. It's reminiscent,
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February 14, 2013 Xi Jinping speaks at a recent meeting of the Chinese regime's anti-corruption body. Xi shook the hand of the wife of former communist leader Hua Guofeng, leading to speculation on just what the gesture meant. (Ed Jones-Pool/Getty
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A glance at history suggests it's easier for a Chinese woman to orbit Earth than to land a spot on the highest rung of Chinese politics. In June, a 33-year-old air force major marked a major feminist milestone by becoming the first Chinese woman to
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She has a resume that would make U.S. political consultants drool: A renowned soprano who's performed for troops serving the motherland, opera fans at Lincoln Center and ordinary Chinese watching annual TV variety galas, she's also a World Health
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There will be no women at the helm of China's Communist Party when the leadership is reshuffled next month, but there are many more opportunities for women in today's China than there were 100 years ago...A century ago, foreigners unpacked a whole
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When Gu Kailai , wife of disgraced Chinese leader Bo Xilai , is sent to prison following her conviction for the murder of a British businessman, she's likely to end up in an exclusive jail that has cells with sofas and private bathrooms. Tucked in
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The first American to join the Chinese Communist Party turns 91 next month, and a new documentary, The Revolutionary , describes how a kid from Charleston, South Carolina, ended up in a mountain cave playing gin rummy with Mao Zedong. He would later
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Jeffrey Wasserstrom is author of China in the 21st Century (2010) and co-editor of Chinese Characters: Profiles of Fast-Changing Lives in a Fast-Changing Land (2012)...The Revolutionary , a new documentary that has begun showing on university
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Chinese director Jiang Qinmin is sick of World War II films that tap into the bitter history his country shares with Japan. "It is easy to make such historical films since we all know what happened, but they just make Chinese people hate Japan,"
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