An early official version of the late Chairman Mao Zedong's portrait, which used to hang prominently on the main Tian'anmen gate, will be put up for auction on June 3. Experts say it is worth an ...

The silk-screen image was derived from an official portrait of Mao on the cover of a book entitled "Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung." It was one of a series of 10 large scale portraits ...

BEIJING — It happens every year, under cover of darkness, in the waning days of September. The giant portrait of Chairman Mao in Tiananmen Square -- he of the Mona Lisa gaze, flushed cheeks and ...

Mao Zedong biography paints hair-raising portraitAuthor and Russian scholar Alexander Pantsov gained access to Soviet archives, including KGB dossiers on top Chinese communists, in reaching this ...

CHINA'S chairman Mao is to fall victim to a distinctly capitalist tradition when his portrait goes up for auction next month.

A huge portrait of Chairman MaoZedong, founder of the People's Republic of China, was displayed in the National Day parade in Beijing Thursday morning. As Mao's portrait moved forward under the ...

An Andy Warhol portrait of Chairman Mao has been sold at a historic auction in Hong Kong - but fell short of its top estimate of $15m (£12m; HK$116m).

Well, one of the city's biggest tourist attractions is a mausoleum that houses the body of Mao Zedong, the founding father of the People's Republic of China. Interesting man that Chairman Mao.

The original painting that served as a model for the portrait of late Chairman Mao that hung in Tian'anmen Square during the 50s and 60s will be up for auction in early June and is expected to ...