Mao’s mausoleum at the center draws thousands of visitors every day. The country has abandoned almost every element of his thought since his death in 1976, but the leadership clings to his aura.

China marked the 120th anniversary of Mao Zedong's birth with relative restraint in a nod to the balance President Xi Jinping must strike in using the revolutionary leader's legacy as he pursues ...

We paid our driver and hurried out of the cab that brought us to Tiananmen Square, determined to fight the crowds surrounding a large, beige building dominating the middle of the famous public ...

After 30 years, Mao's glory still shines By Guo Qiang (chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2006-09-14 13:53. For Dawa, a Zang ethnic minority and his family, the late Chairman Mao Zedong is a legend and ...

China's leaders bowed three times before a statue of Mao Zedong on the 120th anniversary of his birth Thursday. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap messages Get the USA TODAY app ...

Mao Zedong was born on December 26, 1893, a day after the celebration of the birth of Christ. Today, for his hundred-and-twentieth birthday, China’s leaders once again queued up to look at their ...

For 27 years, Mao Zedong's corpse has rested peacefully in a mausoleum in the center of Beijing's Tiananmen Square, disturbed only by millions of foreign tourists, out-of-towners and city dwellers ...

Mao Zedong. In spirit, master of all he surveys right here in the heart of Beijing. Twenty-nine years after his death, the great helmsman is here in body as well, preserved inside a mausoleum.

President Anura Kumara Disanayake, who is currently on a state visit to China, visited the exhibition hall on the history of the Communist Party of China today (15). Following this, President ...