Tag: Mao Zedong

Mao's Cultural Revolution ended over 40 years ago, but for the country's leaders fear of the darkness it released still justifies their authoritarian control

The Chinese leadership refused to commemorate this year’s centenary of the overthrow of the last imperial dynasty. Obsessed with survival, will it allow challenges to its version of the past? Plus, a former Red Guard writes of new fears

It's the 90th birthday of the Chinese Communist Party, and Chinese restaurants, politicians and tourist companies are cashing in

The 2009 Nobel prize winner, German author Herta Müller, is almost unknown among English speakers. But her tales of totalitarianism must be read

The Chinese Communist party no longer really knows what it is there to achieve