SANTA FE, N.M. — Madame Mao's life was filled with lust, betrayal, revenge and murder. So composing an opera based on the story of Jiang Qing — the cruel and vindictive wife of Mao Zedong — was easy ...

Lafayette author Ying Chang Compestine understands that China’s Cultural Revolution might not be an obvious topic for an illustrated children’s book. But Compestine isn’t the first writer to use a ...

Set in 1930s Shanghai, in a theatre that doubles as a secret socialist safe house, we meet Jiang Qing – the future wife of Mao Zedong – rehearsing Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House. Here, she meets Sun ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - In 1981, five years after his death, China's ruling Communist Party began to move slowly away from Mao Zedong and his philosophy. Today, speculation about whether it is poised to ...