After the demise of the Qing Dynasty in 1911, Zhongnanhai (the Central and South Lakes) were turned into a park for a short period of time and served as the headquarters of the government of Yuan ...

The former Chinese president died on Nov. 30 at 96. In 1998 at Zhongnanhai, the secluded compound in central Beijing where the top-ranking officials of the Communist Party Central Committee work ...