In this book, Jung Chang and Jon Halliday , who have both written extensively on Chinese history, attempt to understand China through an analysis of Mao Tse-tung’s life, philosophy and politics. In ...

As the Communists swept over the China mainland in 1949, Mao Tse-tung’s regime promised moderation, tolerance and forgiveness. Last week tolerance was lost in the ...

There are a handful of books that have influenced 100 of millions of people’s lives over the decades, centuries and millennium of human existence. Mao’s little Red Book or ‘Quotations from Chairman ...