Global coverage of Turkmenistan shows the power of personality cults to set agendas far beyond national boundaries.

An important building block in any cult of personality is a whole shelf of laudatory texts.

Kazakhstan renamed Astana's international airport after the first and current president of the country, Nursultan Nazarbayev.

A new banknote with Nazarbayev's image and a possible eponymous renaming of Astana may signal a potential departure.

Guo Boxiong is the latest PLA 'tiger' to fall to Xi's anti-corruption campaign.

Instead, we should be aware of anti-reforms forces as reforms enter ‘deep water’ areas.

China's painful experiences with personality cults in politics have lessons for two modern-day figures.

Plus, "two sessions," Caixin on censorship, mass incidents, and Xi's cult of personality. Friday China links.

A new essay contest asks schoolchildren to write about the “heroic life and deeds of the Leader of the Nation.”

Chinese society has changed irretrievably from the days of Mao worship. Xi must govern differently.

Whether bullying or flattering the top leader, China's bureaucracy always has its own interests at heart.

Where does Xi Jinping fit in China's political spectrum? And what does this mean for the rest of his time in power?

A children's song about Xi Jinping is the latest sign of a growing personality cult in China.