Chinese Communists

Gu Kailai, the high-flying lawyer who descended to murder

21 Aug 2012

The accepted behaviour for the wives of China's top leaders is to be seen rarely and heard even less. Long gone are the days when Jiang Qing , the wife of Mao Zedong , stirred up chaos within the...

Remembering the dark days of China's Cultural Revolution

18 Aug 2012

It has been 36 years since China marked the end of the Cultural Revolution, and Peng Qian has spent the last seven anniversaries doing something the government will not: holding public memorials...

Beijing police put in place security measures in run-up to party congress

17 Aug 2012

Beijing police have officially kicked off the security operation for the upcoming party congress, which will draw more than 2,000 representatives to the capital as the nation transitions to a new...

Petitioner 'poisoned' for land complaints

21 Jun 2012

A petitioner who had spent two years seeking redress for the demolition of his ancestral home in Fuzhou, Fujian, died last week after unidentified thugs severely beat him and forcibly injected him...

Party strives to keep bad emperors away

12 May 2012

Who was the last emperor of China? If it's a history question, you would say Puyi. But if it's a political science question, most people would say Mao Zedong.

Opinion

Wang Xiangwei

Super ministries may not be the right answer for mainland China

Alex Lo

Church developers remain unbowed by government rules

George Chen

A house is not a home until it becomes affordable

US think tank honours economist for support of market reforms

Prominent liberal economist Mao Yushi has received a prestigious prize in the United States for his support of a market economy and other efforts to promote freedom.

Many wrongs, but not that many rights

There is a terrible passage at the end of Andre Malraux's novel La Condition Humaine, often translated as Man's Fate, which describes Kuomintang troops cranking up a steam train's furnace - to...

Paintings vanish from Mao rostrum

Eight paintings are missing from the rostrum where Mao Zedong announced the founding of the People's Republic of China, the latest scandal involving cultural institutions on the mainland.

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Persecution in troubled times

When the Communist Party took control of the mainland, only two of the party's 13 founding members, Mao Zedong and Dong Biwu, made it to the Tiananmen rostrum for a grand ceremony to mark the...

Peering into birthplace of 'the new China'

It looks like a suburb in Beijing - roadworks upon roadworks disappearing into the distance.

Beginning of the Great Revival

Starring: Liu Ye, Chow Yun-fat, Feng Yuanzheng, Jiang Jiayi
Director: Han Sanping, Huang Jianxin
Category: IIA (Putonghua)