BEIJING (AP) — Friday marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Mao Zedong, who founded the People’s Republic of China in 1949 and ran it virtually uncontested until his death on Sept. 9, 1976. While ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Mao was the ‘Great Helmsman’ leading the Chinese revolution forward. However, he was far from the only revolutionary around, and was surrounded by other well-known ...

BEIJING, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Domestic historical film "Mao Zedong 1949" hit Chinese big screens on Friday, ahead of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The ...

Chairman Mao Zedong (center) proclaims the founding of the People's Republic of China on Tian'anmen Rostrum at 3 pm on Oct 1, 1949. Hou Bo On Oct 1, 1949, Chairman Mao Zedong, on Tian'anmen Rostrum, ...

The trilogy continues with The Mao Years, a look at the next period of modern China’s history: Mao Zedong’s rule, from 1949 to his death in 1976. The film begins with the celebrations marking the ...

Sixty years ago, Mao Zedong proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic of China to a jubilant crowd of 300,000 gathered on Beijing's sprawling Tiananmen Square. China's new strongman formally ...

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the death of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong and a biography written by a foreign scholar has become a big hit once again in China. The full Chinese ...

new video loaded: Scenes From China’s National Day Over The Years transcript The People’s Republic of China has commemorated its founding on National Day each year since Mao Zedong’s forces took ...

The Battle of Taiwan was intended to be the final chapter in the Chinese Civil War, a conflict that had ravaged China from 1927 to 1949, interrupted by the Japanese invasion and occupation of ...

Want to watch 'Part Two: The Mao Years 1949–1976' on your favorite screen? Here are streaming services and cable providers with rental, purchase, and subscription options, so you can start watching ...