On a map of protected areas, the hutong around Zhongnanhai glowed in a bright, safe yellow. Obviously, it didn’t do much good. Overhead satellite images viewed on Google Earth suggest that the ...

It’s this aerial view of “Zhongnanhai,” meaning “middle and southern seas,” and the surrounding buildings that today’s Chinese leaders prefer you did not see. That’s because the ...

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 ...

A New Zealand man was briefly detained by police in June after he flew a camera-equipped drone over the Forbidden City, which sits next to Zhongnanhai, China’s top-secret leadership compound.

The equivalent for China is the Zhongnanhai watcher and let me tell you right away that you're not supposed to know where Zhongnanhai is, or what it is, other than that the name means central ...