Chen Jian is Director of the Center on Global History, Economy, and Culture at New York University–Shanghai and East China ...

The test flight also came on December 26, thought to have been deliberately chosen to coincide with the birthday of the dictator Mao Zedong, who founded the People’s Republic of China.

But Beijing has tinkered many times before with the system, introduced in 1958 by Mao Zedong to control population movements into the cities from rural areas. Many scholars believe the government ...

Their effort is compared to Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution, emphasizing the need to avoid ideological purges, factionalism, and short-term chaos that led to long-term damage in China.

When the director Barry Jenkins approached Lin-Manuel Miranda about writing the songs for “Mufasa,” Disney’s new photorealistic prequel to the 2019 remake of “The Lion King,” he was ...

Lin-Manuel Miranda knows his way around a Disney tune. After winning Grammys and earning Oscar nods for his “Moana” and “Encanto” songs (including “How Far I’ll Go,” “Dos Oruguitas ...

Lin-Manuel Miranda is back on the Disney musical prowl, penning the lyrics that ease the heavy load in “Mufasa: The Lion King.” The Barry Jenkins-directed prequel explores the unexpected rise ...