Mao Zedong

9 Dec 2012

In the second of a two-part series looking at the lasting effects of social engineering projects initiated in the 1950s, Hannah Xu meets some of Mao's 'sent-down youth' who never made it home....

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Hunan plans high-profile Mao birthday celebration

7 Jun 2013

The top party official in Hunan has vowed to spare no effort in preparing for an elaborate and high-profile commemoration of the 120th anniverary of Mao Zedong's birth in his hometown of Shaoshan...

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Liberal economist Mao Yushi warns of a 'leftist revival' in China

26 May 2013

In recent weeks prominent liberal economist Mao Yushi has experienced first-hand the leftist revival taking shape on the mainland. First, Mao, 84, was bombarded last month by insults and even...

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A Bad Week for ... , May 12, 2013

12 May 2013

Still reeling from accusations about food safety at KFC restaurants on the mainland, Yum! Brands found another of its brands embroiled in controversy - Little Sheep, the Mongolian hotpot chain it...

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Mao Zedong's granddaughter among China's richest people

8 May 2013

Mao Zedong's granddaughter has become one of China's richest people, according to an annual ranking of the nation's richest 500.

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Xi follows in Mao's footsteps on path to consolidate power

29 Apr 2013

When the Politburo announced Xi Jinping's campaign rid the party of "formalism, bureaucratism and behaviour that suggests mediocrity, laziness, laxity and extravagance", what it really meant was...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

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Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

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Pitfalls in immigrant writer's road to becoming American

Born in Shanghai in 1957, Anchee Min was taught to write "long live Chairman Mao" before she could write her own name.

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No criticism of Maoism: Dubious 'media guidelines from censors' circulate internet

A list of purported new guidelines for Chinese media banning criticism of former leader Mao Zedong was circulated online during the weekend, causing cheer among leftists and disdain among liberals...

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Can Xi Jinping succeed where Mao failed?

Once upon a time there was a leader of a major country who grew so tired with vested interests and self-serving elites who had their hands on the main levers of power that he decided to launch a...

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A great leap overseas for Mao Zedong descendants?

Could Harvard be on the cards for the great grandchildren of China's revolutionary leader Mao Zedong? Granted, they are currently still 10 and five years old. But their father, Mao Xinyu, said he...

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Could Mao Zedong's great grandchildren be making long march to US universities?

Granted, they are currently still 10 and five years old. But their father, Mao's only surviving direct grandson, said he would be open to the possibility of his children studying abroad.

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Can China's new leaders finally lay to rest ghosts of the Cultural Revolution?

Once again, the term wen ge - short for the Cultural Revolution - is buzzing around China's web. This time, discussion was sparked by the trial last month of a man for an alleged murder in 1967,...

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