Mao Zedong

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.

The concertmaster and first-chair violinist with the Philadelphia Orchestra for decades, he took part in a diplomatic breakthrough in 1973 with concerts in Mao Zedong’s Beijing.

Reviving a Mao-era surveillance campaign, the authorities are tracking residents, schoolchildren and businesses to forestall any potential unrest.

A popular chef’s video was attacked as a jab at Mao Zedong’s dead son. But what if a recipe for egg fried rice was just a recipe for egg fried rice?

Henry Kissinger’s outreach to China helped catalyze decades of complex political changes, leading to an era of reform that eventually lifted 800 million people out of poverty.

China’s track record on foreign friendships does not bode well for the Russian leader.

As an envoy the to the pro-democracy protesters, Mr. Yan, who was also Mao’s interpreter, tried to find a peaceful way out of the crisis.

China’s efforts to suppress the memory of the Cultural Revolution have intensified.

The penalty came after a popular comedian joked about a military slogan often used by China’s leader, Xi Jinping, who has strictly curbed expression.

The Korean War shows that a frozen conflict can be preferable to the alternatives.

At 93, the memoirist Yuan-tsung Chen hopes that her recollections of China’s tumultuous past will help the country confront its historical wrongs — and avoid repeating them.

He helped design China’s political reforms in the 1980s and tried to avert the bloodshed that ended the democracy protests. After prison, he became a critic of the party.

He would consider that a compliment. It’s not.

Se calcula que más de 300 millones de personas están confinadas en 45 ciudades chinas. Se teme que la política de combate al coronavirus adquiera tintes al estilo Mao, con efectos devastadores.

The fear in China is that the strict coronavirus policy has become another Mao-style political campaign with devastating effects.

Erich Schwartzel’s “Red Carpet” explores how Hollywood wooed the Chinese market — and became the villain of the piece.

In the historian Jing Tsu’s “Kingdom of Characters,” the evolution of Chinese writing tells the story of the country’s past, present — and future.

This new documentary chronicles the movement for democratic artistic expression that exploded in the wake of the Cultural Revolution in China.

The Communist Party has anointed him one of its revered leaders, paving the way for an already powerful leader to wield even greater influence.

A new official summation of Communist Party history is likely to exalt Xi Jinping as a peer of Mao and Deng, fortifying his claim to a new phase in power.

Insurgents who seize power tend to be authoritarian but pragmatic, desperate for legitimacy and ruthless toward classes they see as hostile.

The group’s head-spinning claims of moderation follow a common playbook for rebel-held governments, with mixed lessons for Afghanistan’s future.

In a two-volume tome, the independent historian Yu Ruxin explains the crucial role of the military in Mao’s stormy Cultural Revolution.

Frustrados con la disminución de oportunidades económicas y agotados por las largas jornadas de trabajo, los jóvenes chinos se refugian en las enseñanzas del líder revolucionario.

The chairman’s call for struggle and violence against capitalists is winning over a new audience of young people frustrated with long work hours and dwindling opportunities.

Appearances of strength obscure realities of weakness, hidden cracks behind imposing facades.

The improbable rise of a superpower that was born in the rubble of dynasty and fears it may yet meet the same fate.

The eradication of malaria in the world’s most populous nation offers lessons in how innovative treatments and aggressive tracking can keep the disease in check.

New and improved attractions dedicated to the Communist Party’s history, or a sanitized version of it, are drawing crowds.

President Xi Jinping may be putting personal ambition ahead of his country’s best interests.

The burglars also stole coins and vintage stamps from a Hong Kong apartment. The police recovered one scroll cut in two.

The West still doesn’t understand the scale of Beijing’s soft-power ambitions.

William Stevenson was one of the first foreign correspondents to visit the People’s Republic of China. Decades later, despite its transformation, I recognize the same country.

With his flawless English, he sometimes translated for both American and Chinese officials, making him the “indispensable man.”

Xi Jinping’s handling of the epidemic is reviving political dissent.

Let’s talk about the cultural causes of this epidemic.

Para protegerse de la enfermedad, pero también para demostrar solidaridad.

To fend off disease, but also to show solidarity.

China turns away from seeking truth from facts.

Some come to seek an emotional lift, others to sing patriotic tunes. But they all raise a fist and say an oath, a rite meant to show China’s strength in the 21st century.

The Communist Party is reviving traditional beliefs for political gain — while cracking down on some faiths.

The Chinese Communist Party is devouring its own and cutting itself off from reality.

“Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister,” by Jung Chang, reconstructs the lives of the politically connected Soong sisters, uncovering idealism, intrigue and greed.

At the grand anniversary celebrations this week, attendees weren’t props but excited participants.

As President Xi celebrates 70 years of Communist rule, a democratic enclave resists.

The parade in Beijing, among the largest in modern Chinese history, was designed to commemorate 70 years of Communist rule.

Seventy years after Mao founded the People’s Republic, Xi Jinping visited Xinyang to rekindle revolutionary traditions. Its survivors of mass starvation went unmentioned.

The People’s Republic of China has commemorated its founding on National Day each year since Mao Zedong’s forces took control of the country in 1949. From a 1962 parade attended by Mao to a 2010 procession through Tiananmen Square, the pageantry of the patriotic holiday has been on display at a remarkable scale, involving hundreds of thousands of participants and observers.

China’s leader, Xi Jinping, will use a military parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of Communist rule to highlight his power in the face of rising challenges.

How the party revived an ancient philosophy to extol order and compel obedience.

From climate change to Taiwan, China’s foreign policy is about impressing the masses at home, not fighting enemies abroad.

As China celebrates the 70th anniversary of Communist rule, a father who fled the country wonders if he made the right decision, and why his son is protesting.

She helped write a vitriolic “big-character poster” that won Mao’s blessing. For the rest of her life, she wrestled with the fame and infamy that followed.

Julia Lovell’s “Maoism: A Global History” traces the surprisingly wide influence of Chinese Communism.

He received one of China’s highest — and most intimidating — honors: responsibility for creating the huge portrait that gazes down on Tiananmen Square.

Once a dedicated Communist, Mr. Rittenberg became disillusioned after 16 years in prison in China and returned to the United States to forge a lucrative career helping companies do business in China.

China’s top officials still come to Mao’s favorite beach to make fateful decisions, but now, the general public also tries to squeeze into a spot on the sand, even if many avoid sunbathing.

There are increasing signs that China’s patience toward the protests in Hong Kong is wearing thin.

How people in China keep the memory of the massacre alive despite the government’s efforts to make them forget.

Between violent flash points in history, Liu Heung Shing saw tenderness and subversive humor in societies saturated with propaganda.