We paid our driver and hurried out of the cab that brought us to Tiananmen Square, determined to fight the crowds surrounding a large, beige building dominating the middle of the famous public ...

Mao’s mausoleum at the center draws thousands of visitors every day. The country has abandoned almost every element of his thought since his death in 1976, but the leadership clings to his aura.

The chairman Mao Zedong Memorial Hall stands on the former sits of Zhonghuamen Gate at the southern end of Tian'anmen Square between the Monument to the People's Heroes and Zhengyangmen Gate.

China's leaders bowed three times before a statue of Mao Zedong on the 120th anniversary of his birth Thursday. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap messages Get the USA TODAY app ...

China marked the 120th anniversary of Mao Zedong's birth with relative restraint in a nod to the balance President Xi Jinping must strike in using the revolutionary leader's legacy as he pursues ...

For 27 years, Mao Zedong's corpse has rested peacefully in a mausoleum in the center of Beijing's Tiananmen Square, disturbed only by millions of foreign tourists, out-of-towners and city dwellers ...

Thousands honor Mao Zedong on birthday on December 26.[File photo] Normally, the mausoleum of Mao on Tian'anmen Square in Beijing is closed on Mondays for maintenance, ...

The Comrade Mao Zedong Memorial Museum, which once portrayed the leader as a revolutionary icon, now presents him as an incorruptible leader. What this shift in emphasis says about contemporary China.

Mao Zedong was born on December 26, 1893, a day after the celebration of the birth of Christ. Today, for his hundred-and-twentieth birthday, China’s leaders once again queued up to look at their ...

Later, he paid his respects by offering flowers at the Mao Zedong Memorial, dedicated to the founding leader of the People's Republic of China. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment, and ...