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.

Souvenir plates with images of China's Mao Zedong (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) in Beijing, China in 2017 [Tyrone Siu/Reuters] By Kevin Doyle Published On 17 Oct 2022 17 Oct 2022 ...

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 ...

Mao followed Lenin’s ideas about one-party communist rule and the CCP maintains leadership in agriculture, commerce, education, military, and politics, which has been reiterated by Xi Jinping ...

Xi Jinping has become China's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong. NPR has been speaking with a broad range of Chinese people about the impact he has had. Here is what four of them had to say.