But Mao Zedong was far from the only important figure in the CCP in 1949. The struggle against Chiang and the Japanese had given many prominent commanders and administrators the chance to prove ...

A new documentary series portraying Mao Zedong’s right-hand man, Liu Shaoqi, will begin shooting on Wednesday, official media reported. The former No 2 leader of China under Mao – and ...

Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai and Ren Bishi were elected members of the Secretariat, and Mao Zedong was elected chairman of the Central Committee. (China.org.cn, 17thcongress.org.cn ...

The Economist’s Beijing bureau chief, David Rennie, and senior China correspondent, Alice Su, discuss to what extent Xi is emulating Mao’s strongman approach or whether Liu Shaoqi, China’s ...

For evidence, consider Mr Xi’s praise for Liu Shaoqi, China’s one-time president and a man whom Mao came to loathe as, in Professor Walder’s words, “the head of the deep state”.

With Mao adopting a lower profile and pulling back from the day-to-day running of government after 1960–61, leaders such as Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping stepped in to reverse Mao’s ruinous ...

"Mao Zedong was a great man," said Ms Hou, ... "And she said the fact I had photographed disgraced figures like Liu Shaoqi meant I was definitely a counterrevolutionary.