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Cultural Revolution

Mao Zedong 2.0: China’s Xi Jinping, now officially the new Great Helmsman

analysis

Mao Zedong 2.0: China’s Xi Jinping, now officially the new Great Helmsman

By J Brooks Spector

Newsdeck

Warhol Mao portrait fetches $12.7m in Hong Kong auction

By AFP

China: A not so Happy 50th Birthday for the Cultural Revolution

World

China: A not so Happy 50th Birthday for the Cultural Revolution

By J Brooks Spector

Op-Ed: Zuma's 'Chairman Mao' moment

South Africa

Op-Ed: Zuma's 'Chairman Mao' moment

By J Brooks Spector

From collectivism to CEO: the transformation of China’s President Xi

World

From collectivism to CEO: the transformation of China’s President Xi

By Asia Times Online

As China enters new era, how much of Mao will stay?

Newsdeck

As China enters new era, how much of Mao will stay?

By Reuters

Deng Xiaoping and the creation of contemporary China

Politics

Deng Xiaoping and the creation of contemporary China

By J Brooks Spector

'Mao's Last Dancer' and the universal leitmotif of artistic freedom

Politics

'Mao's Last Dancer' and the universal leitmotif of artistic freedom

By Andy Rice

Meet Bo Xilai – the man who might be king (of China, that is)

Politics

Meet Bo Xilai – the man who might be king (of China, that is)

By Branko Brkic