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 ...

Competition with America? Above Left: A Giant Mount Rushmore-like sculpture (Right) of Mao as cross between Byron, Che and James Dean in Changsa, Orange Island Park in Hunan Province, China.

Editor’s note: This essay is adapted from the new, "Mao’s America: A Survivor's Warning," by Xi Van Fleet. The year 2020 was a watershed moment in American history. The outbreak of a pandemic brought ...

For nearly a decade, I worked in China as a Times correspondent and bureau chief. But it wasn’t until researching for a book that I uncovered the full story of my father’s role in Communist rule. Yook ...

Beijing’s self-inflicted identity crisis.

Chinese communist party leader Mao Zedong, left, and U.S. President Richard Nixon shake hands as they meet in Beijing, China on February 21, 1972. (AP Photo) Fifty years ago this month, Richard Nixon ...

The Chinese economy's decades-long run of tremendous growth has finally found its end, Ruchir Sharma wrote in the Financial Times in November. Now, the world's second-largest economy accounts for a ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China laid to rest on Sunday Hua Guofeng, one of the last of the old guard from the Mao era who had been hand-picked by a dying Mao Zedong to succeed him as Communist Party ...