The second part of this biography, termed ‘The Maoist’, opens in 1931 ... using him to counterbalance the growing influence of Zhou Enlai. Here, too, there are curious omissions. It is well known, for ...

An official menu from the state banquet held in Beijing on October 19, 1956, commemorating the first state visit of Prime Minister Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy of Pakistan to China, has been auctioned ...

The first lady mentioned her love of giant pandas to Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai, who then gifted the state two pandas- Hsing-Hsing (male) and Ling-Ling (female). Both the pandas were transferred ...

For about three decades until the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), Covered Interest Parity (CIP) appeared to hold quite closely—even as a broad macroeconomic relationship applying to daily or weekly ...

While Jiang went on to become Chairman Mao’s fourth wife and a leading proponent of the brutal Cultural Revolution, Sun (who we discover is a “red princess”) became China’s first female theatre ...

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Established with a generous gift from the Leon Levy Foundation in 2007 as a hub for writers, scholars, students, teachers, and readers of biography, the Leon Levy Center for Biography at The Graduate ...

To mark the centenary of Adolf Hitler’s birth in April 1989, Desmond Seward has had the interesting idea of comparing his career with that of another ‘world-historic’ figure, Napoleon Bonaparte.

Read more on Jelly Bean Brain's biography. Jelly Bean Brains is standing outdoors with her dog on a leash (L). On the right is her next to a large, rugged vehicle (R). Photo: @jellybeanbrainss on ...