Mao Zedong
Opinion
China relations
Why so many millionaires are fleeing China, by hook or by crook. Or by jet-ski
The rich and the connected have been doing it for years, getting out while they can before the political situation turns against them.
- by Peter Hartcher
Latest
China’s ‘counter-historians’ challenging the Communist Party
Ian Johnson’s new book examines an underground historical movement that represents a genuine challenge to the Chinese Communist Party.
- by Kurt Johnson
‘We both have to face reality’: The extra blow on top of Li Cunxin’s health scare
The artistic director of Queensland Ballet on his decision to focus on his family.
- by Benjamin Law
Liu lives in a crumbling village. Nearby a compound of luxury villas remain untouched
Rural China is being left behind and residents have accused Beijing of covering up a deep economic divide.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Opinion
Review
Selfie anyone? The spectacular Sydney show that evokes a lost art
Today’s audiences are looking for an instant hit, not a slowly unfolding epic. In an age of communications we are swiftly becoming illiterate.
- by John McDonald
Opinion
China
China’s population peak a challenge for world economy
The message for Australia could not be clearer. We must hedge our bets and seek out other export markets.
- by The Herald's View
Opinion
Inside China
‘Untouchable’: How Xi Jinping became more powerful than Mao Zedong
The Chinese president’s power is now absolute within China, eclipsing even the authority of the founder of the People’s Republic himself, Mao Zedong.
- by Peter Hartcher
Explainer
Inside China
Who is Xi Jinping, the world’s most powerful politician?
Once a princeling, Xi spent his teenage years living in a cave. Now he is the longest-serving leader of China since the ’70s. How did he do it? And what are his plans for China?
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Analysis
Inside China
Manhandled and erased: Confusion surrounds Hu’s ignominious exit from Xi’s stage
The undignified removal of the former Chinese president suggests it was a display of Xi Jinping’s powerful grip on the country.
- by Con Coughlin
After Xi is anointed, most of China will have one wish
COVID fatigue, distress and anger has set in across China but its citizens are powerless to end a policy that has crippled large parts of its economy.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Opinion
Inside China
Who is the strongman – Xi Jinping or this lone protester who dared to defy him?
Peng Lifa staged a protest against the most powerful man in the world. Yet it is Xi Jinping who is insecure. He refuses to relinquish power because, if he did, he would be exposed to retribution.
- by Peter Hartcher
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