Why does China have a Communist Party?

Who was Mao Zedong?

What was the Cultural Revolution?

What was the meaning of the name ‘Cultural Revolution’?

Why did Mao launch the Cultural Revolution when he did?

Is it accurate to describe the Cultural Revolution as the ‘decade of disaster’?

To what extent were Mao’s motives ideological rather than political?

What was the role of the Red Guards in Mao’s strategy?

Why was traditional Chinese culture a prime target in the Cultural Revolution?

What part did Mao’s wife, Jiang Qing, play in the Cultural Revolution?

How important was Lin Biao in the Cultural Revolution?

To what extent was the Cultural Revolution a success?

From Mao to Deng

Economic Development, 1979-97

US-China Relations – 1968-82

US-China Relations – 1979-97

Political Developments, 1979-97

China and the World in 1997