EditorialPortraits of China?s famed leader Mao Zedong, left, and and current President Xi Jinping hang in a souvenir shop for tourists near Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Oct. 11, 2022. (Gilles Sabri?/The New York Times)
EditorialPortraits of China?s famed leader Mao Zedong, left, and and current President Xi Jinping hang in a souvenir shop for tourists near Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Oct. 11, 2022. (Gilles Sabri?/The New York Times)
EditorialInside a restaurant with a mural depicting Mao Zedong, founding father of the People's Republic of China, in Jinggangshan, China, a town known as the ?cradle of the Chinese Revolution,? April 20, 2021. (Gilles Sabri?/The New York Times)
EditorialA tourist makes an offering of a cigarette in front of photos of Mao Zedong and his third wife, He Zizhen, at the site of Mao?s home in Jinggangshan, China, a town known as the ?cradle of the Chinese Revolution,? April 21, 2021. (Gilles Sabri?/The New York Times)
EditorialA statue of Mao Zedong shaking hands with a Uighur villager in Hotan, a town in Xinjiang in China’s west, Aug. 4, 2019. (Gilles Sabrie/The New York Times)
EditorialJi Chaozhu, who served for more than 20 years as an English-speaking interpreter for China's leaders, at his home in Qionghai, Hainan province, China, Feb. 5, 2012 (Ryan Pyle/The New York Times)