The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party has convened, and General Secretary Xi Jinping appears set ... pitch as rural reformers, Mao Zedong and his fellow revolutionary icons ...
In fact, it was a 2016 Economist cover that seems to have placed their website beyond the Great Firewall; this particular cover showed Xi Jinping standing in a Mao suit, with crowds behind holding ...
The new title, and an unofficial rule that would see most of the Standing Committee soon retire, meant Xi was now expected to succeed then-president Hu. According to a government profile on Xi ...
President Xi Jinping has been elevated to the same status as Mao Zedong in a shift that might shed some light on the country's economic future. Analysts argue the political leadership is becoming ...
The Mao suit has a fascinating history ... focus less on the Chinese Communist Party and more on its figurehead Xi Jinping. The growing cultivation of a personality cult is reminiscent of the ...