And themes from the Maoist era are returning. For instance, echoing Mao’s campaign to send educated urban elites to the countryside, Xi’s government now is promoting “labor education ...

An image from a separate church shows a photograph of Mr Xi at the end of one arm of a cross and Chairman Mao at the end of ...

During the congress, his political philosophy — "Xi Jinping Thought" — was enshrined in the party's constitution. Only one other leader, Mao, has been honored in such a way while still alive.

Xi was formally recognized as the ruling Communist Party’s lingxiu, a spiritual term for leader which evokes deep admiration. The term was only used for Mao and his short-lived successor Hua ...

This makes Xi the country's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong. The change was supported by 2,300 Communist Party members at the close of the party's congress on Tuesday. President Xi Jinping ...

Thursday, November 14 – The Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis (CCA) has released “The East China Sea Dispute: China’s and Japan’s Assertiveness from Mao to Xi,” authored by ...