On October 1, 1949, Chairman Mao stood atop the Tiananmen, the entrance gate of Beijing’s Forbidden City, and declared China’s own “liberation day.” The Communist Party of China thenceforth divided ...

“No one’s done anything quite like this.” Not true. On Oct. 1, 1949, then-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) chairman Mao Zedong (毛澤東) stood atop the Tiananmen, the entrance gate of Beijing’s Forbidden ...

This informal talk reflects on the life of Tsanlha Ngawang (1930–2025), the “Beggar Lama,” a Tibetan Buddhist polymath whose journey offers profound insights into the resilience and evolution of ...

The US has been trying to manage China’s emergence for more than 50 years — since President Richard Nixon’s pioneering visit to Chairman Mao Zedong to “open” an isolated and impoverished ...

Chairman Mao Zedong, China’s despot ruler; and Marie Antoinette, the 18 th-century queen who told the French to eat cake. Meanwhile, Gladiator, Director Ridley Scott’s Academy Award-winning ...

While at University back in the 1960s I was given a Little Red Book. “Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung” was a pocket-sized compilation of excerpts from Mao’s speeches and writings, which Chinese ...

On October 1, 1949, Chairman Mao stood atop the Tiananmen, the entrance gate of Beijing’s Forbidden City, and declared China’s own “liberation day.” The Communist Party of China ...

“No one’s done anything quite like this!” Not true. On Oct. 1, 1949, Chairman Mao Zedong stood atop the Tiananmen, the entrance gate of Beijing’s Forbidden City, and declared China’s own ...