They're rehearsing the fireworks in preparation for the opening of the Beijing Olympics which debut later this week. But behind the scenes, complaints continue about the blocking of some Internet ...

BEIJING — His portraits were among the most recognizable in the world, rivaling the Mona Lisa. But few have heard of Wang Guodong, the Chinese artist who for years was responsible for painting the ...

In case you missed it, Oct. 7–13 was designated Naturopathic Medicine Week, according to a Senate resolution sponsored by Sen. Barbara Mikulski and passed by the Senate with unanimous consent. Among ...

A new look at the legacy of one of the twentieth century’s most brutal killers. At the time, Snow was thirty-two years old. Born in Kansas City, he had gone to China soon after he graduated from the ...

Chairman Mao Zedong (L) signs a copy of his Little Red Book for Sidney Rittenberg (R) in Beijing, 1966. (Sidney Rittenberg) From 1944, when the 23-year-old Sidney Rittenberg first arrived in China ...

Ding Xueliang spent his early teenage years in China as a fervent believer and practitioner of Chairman Mao Zedong’s revolutionary ideals — but he never imagined those memories would one day be ...

To many people in China, Mao Zedong is the country’s eternal father – “No Mao, no China,” is the mantra often repeated by his supporters. His giant portrait hangs over the gate of Beijing’s ancient ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Leaning on a cane, Wang Bin hobbled out between the columns of the mausoleum on Tiananmen Square that houses the embalmed body of Mao Zedong, happy he had the strength to visit the ...

Fifty years ago one of the bloodiest eras in Chinese history began, in which as many as two million people died. But who started it and what was it for? The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution was a ...