Liberal thinkers are shocked that nations are once again isolating from the world. The real surprise would be if they didn’t ...

The Forbidden City would be the home and seat of power for 24 rulers—14 from the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) ... Mao Zedong declared the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

Tiananmen Square is a vast space in the center of Beijing with monumental, communist-era buildings along two sides and the mausoleum of Mao Zedong, who founded the communist ... violent and paralyzed ...

If you ever go to Tiananmen Square in Beijing, you’ll be greeted with a portrait of Mao Zedong. ... It’s been hanging over the gate leading into the Forbidden City since 1949.

“Mao Zedong and Celine Dion. And Satan,” he said. READ MORE. ... A week or so later, the host and I shared a late-night picnic on a bench looking across the water at the Forbidden City.

Panchen Lama (left), Mao Zedong, and Dalai Lama (right) in Beijing, China. | Public Domain In my role as the Dalai Lama, I was trying to mitigate the disaster for my people.

The Palace Museum at Beijing's Forbidden City marks its 100th anniversary in 2025. ... Chiang Kai-shek’s Republic of China government was defeated by Mao Zedong’s communist forces.

A conservator restores a cultural relic at the Palace Museum at the Forbidden City’s cultural protection and restoration department during an organized media tour in Beijing, China, on Feb. 21 ...

Then, in 1949, Chiang Kai-shek's Republic of China government was defeated by Mao Zedong's communist forces. ... Chinese Xi Jinping Forbidden City. Join our commenting forum.

The artists’ open criticism of Mao and Cultural Revolution has come under state scrutiny before. From 1989 until 2003, they were on the government blacklist and forbidden to leave the country.

A story relayed by the scholar Geremie Barmé in his book “The Forbidden City” tells of the 18th-century Qianlong Emperor’s daily ... when Mao Zedong proclaimed the foundation of the People ...