The Latest Breaking News from Mao

In gathering histories from one of the country’s darkest, most divisive periods, the former Guardian China correspondent has created a gripping and important document

Fifty years ago this month, Aotearoa New Zealand established diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China. Some stories are too often drowned out by diplomacy, geopolitics, and trade.

The coronation of Xi Jinping at the 20th Party Congress was both expected and dramatic. It makes him the most powerful leader of Communist China since Mao. He could be there for another 10 years at least.

The new leadership is also packed with Xi loyalists.

It has been suggested that the removal of Hu Jintao, Xi Jinping’s predecessor, from the closing ceremony of the 20th Communist Party congress could overshadow all other news from Beijing during the past week. Was there a health reason for this dramatic development – or was it a live purge,…

As Neil Heywood lay dying from cyanide poisoning, he could not have known the plot to kill him would shake the Chinese Communist Party to its core and dramatically alter the rule of Xi Jinping.

China’s economic woes and a historic third term for Xi Jinping will dominate Communist Party’s Congress agenda.

This bronzed, shining beast arrives on a trolley in proud ceremony

A solo show in the RA’s Main Galleries is an honour – but one that doesn’t come without a degree of risk