In China, the world is witnessing the possible return of a far more technocratic elite that favors scaling back direct confrontation with the West.

It’s past time to consider seriously that Xi Jinping is the second coming of Mao Zedong, who ruled China from the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949 until his death in 1976.

During Mao’s 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution, which began as Xi Jinping entered his teens, militant Red Guards abused Xi Zhongxun at public-shaming rallies and, according to party accounts which ...

Many U.S. China experts emphasize the differences between Mao, Deng, and Xi, especially when they assess the wisdom or futility of American foreign policy vis-a-vis China. And there have been ...

On Monday, Xi presided over a meeting with China's private sector leaders — including a beaming Jack Ma clad in a black Mao suit. At the meeting, Xi urged the executives to "show their talent ...

Updated October 1, 2024 at 4:55 p.m.*-Analysis-BEIJING — Last year, when Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping was re-elected to a third five-year term at the head of the world's second ...

Xi Zhongxun was purged by the Communist Party he served and went on to help reform Chinese politics. His son is the most authoritarian leader since Mao. Xi Jinping, left, with his father, Xi ...