Xi Jinping looks on as former Chinese president Hu Jintao is escorted from the closing ceremony of the 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.
EPA-EFE/Mark R Cristino
Observers have been comparing Xi Jinping to Mao Zedong. But the country was very different in Mao’s day.
The Chinese government has promoted a revival of Confucianism, along with traditional religious practices, as part of its nationalist agenda.
AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein
President Xi Jinping’s nationalist agenda includes supporting traditional Chinese religious beliefs and practices – as long as their leaders support the Chinese Communist Party.
As it celebrates it’s 100th birthday, the Chinese ruling party’s latest programme of education aims to harness the power of youth in its own interests.
Commuters on the Shanghai Metro all on their smartphones in March, 2019.
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China’s social credit system has been described as a ‘dystopian nightmare straight out of Black Mirror’ but many citizens think it will help fight fraud and bring about a better society.
Chinese President Xi Jinping claps while addressing the media in October 2017 as he introduces new members of the Politburo Standing Committee at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People.
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Any naive hopes for a peaceful evolution to democracy in China are shattered against the reality that it’s now a one-man dictatorship. What does it mean for the West?
The Red Detachment of Women was one of just eight model theatrical pieces approved for performance during the Cultural Revolution.
Mark Gambino
The staging in Melbourne of this classic of the Cultural Revolution has attracted controversy. And amid Bermuda shorts and weapons galore, this political ballet has contemporary resonances.