Facing out onto Beijing’s main east-west thoroughfare, the gate remains the most conspicuous part of Zhongnanhai. The rest of the compound has, since 1989, been firmly off-limits to the Chinese ...

Aadil Brar is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers international security, U.S.-China relations, and East Asian security. Aadil previously reported for the BBC World Service.

The area between Xinhuamen (New China) Gate on Chang' an Boulevard in the ... After the demise of the Qing Dynasty in 1911, Zhongnanhai (the Central and South Lakes) were turned into a park ...

In 2005, The Beijing News reported that an unlicensed taxi had broken into Zhongnanhai’s eastern gate on a summer night close to midnight. Zhongnanhai is a former imperial garden in central ...

Originally serving as an imperial retreat, Zhongnanhai’s transformation mirrors the shifts in China's political framework. The site now stands as a symbol of the CCP's authority, blending ...

the tops of vaulted roofs and boxy office buildings visible from beyond its unmarked gates. "That over there is Zhongnanhai. You can't go in there," said a nearby restaurant owner who only gave ...

If, however, you were a Zhongnanhai watcher who could get the thinking behind these gates consistently right, you would be on to a very lucrative and successful career. You wouldn't have anything ...

TOKYO -- The Zhongnanhai leadership complex in central Beijing, just west of the Tiananmen gate and home to the offices of the Chinese Communist Party and the central government, will soon become ...

Russian president Vladimir Putin and Chinese president Xi Jinping attend a tea ceremony in Beijing's Zhongnanhai park (Reuters photo) Often compared to the Kremlin in Russia, Zhongnanhai serves a ...