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Mao Zedong
![Xi Jinping as Mao’s Heir? Smashing Chinese Family Dominance Xi Jinping as Mao’s Heir? Smashing Chinese Family Dominance](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2013-12-26_15-47-26.jpg)
Xi Jinping as Mao’s Heir? Smashing Chinese Family Dominance
By Kerry Brown
Xi does have one thing in common with Mao Zedong: a desire to eliminate China's reliance on renqing.
![What Every Chinese Soldier Knows (Part 3): Mao’s Generals What Every Chinese Soldier Knows (Part 3): Mao’s Generals](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-07-10_13-20-05.jpg)
What Every Chinese Soldier Knows (Part 3): Mao’s Generals
By Ben Lowsen
The hallowed halls of the Helmsman’s hardies.
![The Specter of the Cultural Revolution The Specter of the Cultural Revolution](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-05-27_06-06-19.jpg)
The Specter of the Cultural Revolution
By Yun Tang
Without political reform, the ghosts of a tragic episode will continue to haunt China.
![How China Remembers the Cultural Revolution How China Remembers the Cultural Revolution](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-05-16_00-09-00.jpg)
How China Remembers the Cultural Revolution
By Perry Link
50 years later, China still has yet to come to terms with Mao's Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution.
![How Far Is China From Another Cultural Revolution? How Far Is China From Another Cultural Revolution?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-02-16_14-55-49.jpg)
How Far Is China From Another Cultural Revolution?
By Yang Hengjun
Corruption and popular discontent led to one of China's most tumultuous periods. Could it happen again?
![China’s Cultural Revolution at 50 China’s Cultural Revolution at 50](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-04-28_04-30-16.jpg)
China’s Cultural Revolution at 50
By Richard Curt Kraus
Conventional thinking on one of Communist China’s seminal events is often too simplistic.
![Does China Really Have a Strategic Vision for the World? Does China Really Have a Strategic Vision for the World?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2013-12-31_15-07-03.jpg)
Does China Really Have a Strategic Vision for the World?
By Kerry Brown
Since the founding of the PRC, China's leaders have often misunderstood both allies and rivals alike.
![China's Strange Relationship With the Mango China's Strange Relationship With the Mango](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-04-26_19-22-13.jpg)
China's Strange Relationship With the Mango
By David Volodzko
The mango's journey from a Maoist icon to a craved consumer good.
![The Currency Question: Andrew Jackson and Chairman Mao The Currency Question: Andrew Jackson and Chairman Mao](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-04-22_20-39-29.jpg)
The Currency Question: Andrew Jackson and Chairman Mao
By Maura Cunningham and Jeffrey Wasserstrom
Convergences and divergences between America and China tell us a lot about each country's current trajectory.
![The Cultural Revolution: An Anniversary Steeped in Embarrassment The Cultural Revolution: An Anniversary Steeped in Embarrassment](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-02-16_14-55-49.jpg)
The Cultural Revolution: An Anniversary Steeped in Embarrassment
By Kerry Brown
The 50th anniversary of the Cultural Revolution will pass in silence if China's leaders have their way.
![How Mao Zedong Benefited From the Cuban Missile Crisis How Mao Zedong Benefited From the Cuban Missile Crisis](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-04-07_18-08-25.jpg)
How Mao Zedong Benefited From the Cuban Missile Crisis
By Robert Farley
The Chinese role in Cuba during the Cold War paid dividends domestically for Mao Zedong.
![Trump, Mao, and Xi: The Perils of Charisma-Driven Politics Trump, Mao, and Xi: The Perils of Charisma-Driven Politics](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-03-28_13-31-14.jpg)
Trump, Mao, and Xi: The Perils of Charisma-Driven Politics
By Kerry Brown
China's painful experiences with personality cults in politics have lessons for two modern-day figures.