But the crucial difference between the two occasions is in the strangely strengthened position of the man who was personally responsible for it all—Mao Tsetung. In October, 1959, Mao ...

Ahead of the conference, Wu chatted with Asia Blog about learning her craft in Mao’s China, and how she’s come to see music as “the universal language.” This interview has been edited for length and ...

Our expert guest speaker draws parallels with the chaotic Cultural Revolution in China in 1966. Read more at straitstimes.com ...

‘Mao and his comrades,’ Chen Jian argues ... At the same time, he came to see India as a major ideological rival in both Asia and the Third World.’ If, in 1956, Beijing still viewed ...