Revolution Isn’t a Party, but It Draws Tourists

Tourist attractions in Yan’an try to evoke the glory days of the Chinese Communist Party, and are profiting handsomely from “red tourism.”

STAYING POWER: Mao and the Maoists

Three new books — Patrick Wright’s “Passport to Peking” (Oxford; $34.95), Frank Dikötter’s “Mao’s Great Famine” (Walker & Co.; $30), and Timothy Cheek’s anthology “A Critical Introduction to Mao” (Cambridge; $27.99) — attest to the difficulty of definitively fixing Mao’s image, a project that amounts to writing a history of China’s present.

Finding the Facts About Mao’s Victims

Ian Johnson speaks with Yang Jisheng, author of Tombstone (Mubei), a groundbreaking new book on the Great Famine (1958–1961), which, though imprecisely known in the West, ranks as one of worst human disasters in history.

Joan Hinton, Physicist Who Chose China Over Atom Bomb, Is Dead at 88

Ms. Hinton worked on the Manhattan Project, which developed the atom bomb, but spent most of her life as a committed Maoist working on dairy farms in China.

In China, the Red Flags Still Fly for Mao ...

For a half-century, China’s National Day parades have glorified the Communist patriarch.

'Maoist' village changes with China

Communism may seem a hazy memory for many as the People's Republic turns 60, but Mao and Marx live on in one Chinese village.

China Is Wordless on Traumas of Communists’ Rise

China basked in its 60th anniversary, but there were no solemn pauses for the millions who died during the civil war or were eradicated during Mao’s drive to consolidate power.

Mao suit continued choice of China's top leaders for National Day ceremony

Chinese President Hu Jintao on a sunny Thursday morning made his first appearance in a high-collared dark Mao suit at a grand national ceremony, following the dress code which has prevailed when Chinese leaders review National Day military parades.

Mao: The Great Helmsman of Kitsch?

Mao memorabilia constitute a big business, and the 60th birthday of the People's Republic of China is expected to give it a further lift.

Mao’s Grandson Rises in Chinese Military

Mao Xinyu, Mao Zedong’s grandson and only surviving male heir, has become the youngest major-general in the People’s Liberation Army.

John Leighton Stuart, China Expert, Is Buried There at Last

The ashes of John Leighton Stuart, a missionary and educator who was called a symbol of imperialism by Mao, were finally buried in China 46 years after his death.

Zhang Hanzhi, Mao’s Tutor, Is Dead at 72

Ms. Hanzhi was a former Chinese diplomat who once served as Mao’s English tutor and who also interpreted for President Nixon during his historic trip to China in 1972.

Chinese mark Chairman Mao's 114th birth anniversary

Chinese from around the country descended on a small village in central Hunan Province on Wednesday to celebrate the 114th anniversary of the birth of the country's late revolutionary founder Mao Zedong.