1949

Politics

Dawn of a new history: The search and re-creation of China's political and economic systems

China has established its own economic, social, and political systems. It is writing a new history and setting itself apart from the West.

Zheng Yongnian

History

1949: A time for change - A pictorial journey with Hsu Chung-mao

In the first of an ongoing series of photo essays on China, we turn back the clock to look at how turbulence shook Nanjing and Shanghai during the Chinese Civil War, and how the two cities came to symbolise the resilience of the Chinese people.

Hsu Chung-mao