Since the days of Mao Zedong, smooth leadership transitions ... secretary at a particularly critical moment. Jiang oversaw a propaganda and political thought campaign to reinstate control in ...

The libretto is based only loosely on Madame Mao's life. Events are altered as needed. For example, a confrontation with another woman over Mao Zedong became a confrontation with his first wife.

Thirty one years on after his death, public reverence for late Chinese leader Mao Zedong remains strong ... activities to commemorate Mao, including music and firework performances and an ...

It’s past time to consider seriously that Xi Jinping is the second coming of Mao Zedong, who ruled China ... He relies heavily on propaganda and cuts off his people’s access to foreign sources ...

EACH time President Xi Jinping grabs more powers, critics compare China’s leader to Chairman Mao Zedong, whose one ... surveillance and propaganda to control the masses, not to unleash them.

Mao Zedong died in the early hours of Sept ... Mao occupied a godlike status that had been fostered for years through propaganda and political campaigns. His death, at the age of 82, was no ...