China's Chairman Mao Zedong in a black-and-white image from 1959. (Public domain in China/Wikipedia via Courthouse News) Seeking guidance for survival in a bizarre era, I turned to someone who ...

Mao Zedong, pictured here in 1963, was an avid reader of classical literature A collection of handwritten notes by Mao Zedong, the founder of modern China, has been sold at auction for 10 times ...