Mao Zedong
The hidden life in Beijing’s hutongs
In Beijing’s old hutong districts, residents such as Ma Peizeng and his wife have built modest lives in tiny spaces, sharing communal courtyards and public bathrooms with their neighbours, as the city has gentrified around them.
- Lisa Visentin
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Her mum is now 94 – but Wild Swans author Jung Chang can’t visit her in China
The bestselling Chinese-British writer on why her books are banned in China, the “incredible evil” of Mao Zedong – and China’s mission to dominate the world.
- Nicole Abadee
- Opinion
- China relations
Why so many millionaires are fleeing China, by hook or by crook. Or by jet-ski
The rich and the connected have been doing it for years, getting out while they can before the political situation turns against them.
- Peter Hartcher
China’s ‘counter-historians’ challenging the Communist Party
Ian Johnson’s new book examines an underground historical movement that represents a genuine challenge to the Chinese Communist Party.
- Kurt Johnson
‘We both have to face reality’: The extra blow on top of Li Cunxin’s health scare
The artistic director of Queensland Ballet on his decision to focus on his family.
- Benjamin Law
Liu lives in a crumbling village. Nearby a compound of luxury villas remain untouched
Rural China is being left behind and residents have accused Beijing of covering up a deep economic divide.
- Eryk Bagshaw
- Opinion
- Review
Selfie anyone? The spectacular Sydney show that evokes a lost art
Today’s audiences are looking for an instant hit, not a slowly unfolding epic. In an age of communications we are swiftly becoming illiterate.
- John McDonald
- Opinion
- China
China’s population peak a challenge for world economy
The message for Australia could not be clearer. We must hedge our bets and seek out other export markets.
- The Herald's View
- Opinion
- Inside China
‘Untouchable’: How Xi Jinping became more powerful than Mao Zedong
The Chinese president’s power is now absolute within China, eclipsing even the authority of the founder of the People’s Republic himself, Mao Zedong.
- Peter Hartcher
- Explainer
- Inside China
Who is Xi Jinping, the world’s most powerful politician?
Once a princeling, Xi spent his teenage years living in a cave. Now he is the longest-serving leader of China since the ’70s. How did he do it? And what are his plans for China?
- Eryk Bagshaw