On August 25, 2019, the People's Daily ran a headline on the front page that caught the eye of China watchers around the world: "人民领袖爱人民."
"The People's Leader" was the honorific reserved for Mao Zedong. Listen to the podcast featured in the section below for an excellent discussion of what this might mean.
SupChina presents the 100 China books you have to read, ranked. The sortable book list covers many genres — fiction, nonfiction, poetry, politics — and time periods from Imperial China to the present day.
In this VOA时事大家谈 episode from August 28, experts discuss recent events following the Beihaide meeting, Xi Jinping's cult of personality, and implications for CCP politics.
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