State Media Unveils Premier Li’s Wife For First Time
Reuters reports that Chinese state media has for the first time published the photograph...
Jiang Qing
Critics & Supporters Pressured Ahead of Bo Xilai Trial
Asahi Shimbun’s Nozomi Hayashi reports that both supporters and critics of fallen Chongqing...
Is Xi’s Wife a New Kind of First Lady?
NPR’s Louisa Lim profiles Peng Liyuan – the wife of new Chinese leader Xi Jinping, one of China’s most famous singers, and an AIDS activist – and explores whether she will pull out of the public spotlight...
China’s Next First Lady a Challenge for Image Makers
As a famous singer and goodwill ambassador for the World Health Organisation, Peng Liyuan might seem a perfect first lady to China’s next president Xi Jinping. But this picture is complicated by an AIDS scandal involving...
Source: Bo Xilai “is Denying Everything”
The Telegraph’s Tom Phillips reports that disgraced former Chongqing party chief Bo Xilai has denied involvement in or knowledge of the events surrounding the death of British businessman Neil Heywood, according to a...
Tale of the Dragon Lady
Paul French, author of Midnight in Peking, writes for Foreign Policy on perception of women in Chinese politics: Sadly, “dragon ladies” are an all-too-familiar trope in Chinese history: A successful man achieves...
Main photo: Mao Zedong and Jiang Qing walking together in a countryside
Mao Zedong and Jiang Qing walking together in a countryside, via wenxuecity.com
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