Mao`s granddaughter figures among China`s richest people

Last Updated: Thursday, May 9, 2013, 13:24

Chairman Mao Zedong`s granddaughter has become one of the China`s richest people, sparking a debate about the rise of princelings in the Communist state.

China publishes anthology of Mao`s thoughts

Last Updated: Thursday, March 21, 2013, 14:22

China has published a collection of commentaries by the country`s founder Mao Zedong on a wide variety of subjects including Chinese emperors, historical figures and literary works.

Mao still relevant in China, insists his grandson

Last Updated: Friday, March 8, 2013, 23:54

China`s ruling Communist Party might have veered away from Mao Zedong`s ideology with rapid economic reforms but Maoist theories are not outdated even though "China has changed a lot".

Socialism with Chinese characteristics is the only route: Xi

Last Updated: Saturday, January 5, 2013, 19:31

Xi Jinping asserted that socialism with Chinese characteristics is the "only route" for the country`s progress.

Mao Zedong still a hero for China`s new `left movement`

Last Updated: Friday, December 28, 2012, 18:23

Chairman Mao Zedong remains a "provocative" and "divisive" figure, becoming a rallying point for the emerging "left movement" in China amid growing criticism of his hard-line policies.

Mao`s banners torn in China on his 119th birthday

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 26, 2012, 16:23

In September, a university professor slapped a senior citizen for criticising Mao at an anti-Japanese rally in Beijing.

Xi vows to pursue `China dream` of becoming major global power

Last Updated: Friday, November 30, 2012, 13:27

China`s ruling CPC chief Xi Jinping has promised "great renewal" of the nation to pursue the dream of becoming a major global power.

Decade after retirement Jiang Zemin remains `big boss` of CPC

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 17:17

86-year-old Jiang took the centre stage of the week-long 18th Party Congress both at its inaugural and valedictory meetings sitting between outgoing President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao.

Calls for political reforms intensify in China

Last Updated: Thursday, October 25, 2012, 14:17

Ahead of the ruling Communist Party of China’s key Congress to elect a new leadership, calls for political reforms in China`s one-party system are getting louder.

For first time, India pays homage to 1962 China war martyrs

Last Updated: Saturday, October 20, 2012, 10:06

Paying homage to Indian soldiers who fought the war with China 50 years ago, Defence Minister AK Antony said India has modernised its military infrastructure.

‘Mao ordered 1962 war to regain CPC control’

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 18:33

China`s late strongman Mao Zedong had launched the 1962 war with India to regain control of the ruling Communist Party after the debacle of his `Great Leap Forward` movement in which millions had perished.