http://www.mail.com/people/28532-mao-zedong.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/28532-mao-zedong.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2161712-chinas-xi-harks-to-mao-party-cleanup.html BEIJING (AP) — China's new leader Xi Jinping is commanding wayward Communist Party cadres to purify themselves of corruption, and he's summed it up in a pithy slogan as Mao Zedong might have done: Look in the mirror, take a bath. China's leadership wants to show a cynical public that it's modernizing and serious about graft, but it appears to be favoring ... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:54:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2161712-chinas-xi-harks-to-mao-party-cleanup.html 2013-06-19T12:54:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2110042-suspected-rebels-kill-24-india-officials-outraged.html NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian officials reacted with outrage Sunday to an audacious attack by about 200 suspected Maoist rebels who killed 24 people by setting off a bomb and firing on a convoy carrying ruling party leaders and members in an insurgency-wracked state. Saturday's ambush, which targeted Congress party politicians returning from a campaign event wi... Sun, 26 May 2013 11:36:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2110042-suspected-rebels-kill-24-india-officials-outraged.html 2013-05-26T11:36:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2083904-china-tightens-grip-discourse-ideology.html BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have shut down or frozen the microblog accounts of several prominent liberal intellectuals and harassed rights lawyers lobbying against unofficial "black jails," underlining the determination of the country's new leadership to control dissent even as it vows to root out corruption. The moves over the last few days occurr... Tue, 14 May 2013 10:59:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2083904-china-tightens-grip-discourse-ideology.html 2013-05-14T10:59:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081290-spies-caught-website-scandal-embarrass-skorea.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The scandal shaking up South Korea's main spy agency is not cloak-and-dagger stuff, but the kind of low-grade trickery anyone with an Internet connection could pull off. And the target was not Seoul's opaque rival to the north, but the country's own people. Internet postings ostensibly from ordinary South Koreans, but actually fr... Mon, 13 May 2013 10:29:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081290-spies-caught-website-scandal-embarrass-skorea.html 2013-05-13T10:29:47Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1984130-chinas-lady-serenaded-tiananmen-troops.html BEIJING (AP) — A photo of China's new first lady Peng Liyuan in younger days, singing to martial-law troops following the 1989 bloody military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, flickered across Chinese cyberspace this week. It was swiftly scrubbed from China's Internet before it could generate discussion online. But the image — seen and shared by out... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 01:09:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1984130-chinas-lady-serenaded-tiananmen-troops.html 2013-03-29T01:09:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1976164-diplomatic-star-born-chinese-lady.html BEIJING (AP) — Glamorous new first lady Peng Liyuan has emerged as a Chinese diplomatic star, charming audiences and cutting a distinct profile from her all-but-invisible predecessors on her debut official trip abroad. Peng was featured prominently in Sunday's Chinese media coverage of her husband President Xi Jinping in Russia on his first state visit si... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 02:25:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1976164-diplomatic-star-born-chinese-lady.html 2013-03-25T02:25:25Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1959094-china-leaders-pledge-clean-government-waste.html BEIJING (AP) — China's new leaders struck a populist tone Sunday as they got down to the painstaking work of governing, promising cleaner government, less red tape and more fairness to enlarge a still small middle class and help struggling private businesses. In appearances that mark the completion of a months-long, orchestrated leadership transition, Pre... Sun, 17 Mar 2013 10:33:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1959094-china-leaders-pledge-clean-government-waste.html 2013-03-17T10:33:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1952932-maduro-chavez-long-term-embalming-unlikely.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's acting president said Wednesday that it is highly unlikely Hugo Chavez will be embalmed for permanent viewing because the decision to do so was made too late and the socialist leader's body was not properly prepared on time. "The decision should have been made much earlier," Nicolas Maduro said during a speech at a go... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:40:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1952932-maduro-chavez-long-term-embalming-unlikely.html 2013-03-13T22:40:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1943372-preservation-venezuelan-leaders-body-easy.html No one lives forever — nor do they last forever. At least not without a lot of tuneups. As much as it may seem like the bodies of famous world leaders such as Vladimir Ilyich Lenin and Mao Zedong have been preserved for all eternity, their enduring physical presence is simply an illusion aided by science. Only the Venezuelan officials ... Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:24:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1943372-preservation-venezuelan-leaders-body-easy.html 2013-03-09T22:24:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1943420-world-leaders-whose-bodies-display.html World leaders whose bodies have been preserved and put on perpetual display, as Venezuela's government plans to do with Hugo Chavez: VLADIMIR LENIN Body of Soviet Union's founder has been displayed since January 1924 in a mausoleum at Red Square. His tomb is one of Moscow's most famous symbols and Communists consider it almost a shrine.... Sat, 09 Mar 2013 21:18:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1943420-world-leaders-whose-bodies-display.html 2013-03-09T21:18:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1939978-hugo-chavezs-body-to-permanent-display.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Vladimir Lenin, Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh, and now Hugo Chavez. The late leader's supporters have put him on a pedestal long provided for the world's great leftist revolutionaries by saying they will embalm his body for perpetual display. Vice President Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela's acting head of state, said Thursday that Chavez's b... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 07:19:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1939978-hugo-chavezs-body-to-permanent-display.html 2013-03-08T07:19:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1937354-chavez-body-to-permanent-display.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Hugo Chavez's body will be preserved and forever displayed inside a glass tomb at a military museum not far from the presidential palace from which he ruled for 14 years, his successor announced Thursday in a Caribbean version of the treatment given Communist revolutionary leaders such as Lenin, Mao and Ho Chi Minh. Vice Presiden... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 03:21:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1937354-chavez-body-to-permanent-display.html 2013-03-08T03:21:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1875060-chinas-leader-urges-sharp-party-criticism.html BEIJING (AP) — China's new leader said the ruling Communist Party should tolerate "sharp" outside criticism, in comments that are being viewed skeptically by a public accustomed to pervasive censorship. State media said newly installed party General Secretary Xi Jinping made the remarks Wednesday at a gathering of non-Communist Party groups. Members of th... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1875060-chinas-leader-urges-sharp-party-criticism.html 2013-02-07T14:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1844088-absent-omnipresent-chavez-powerful-symbol.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — While Venezuela's sick president recuperates from surgery behind closed doors in Cuba, at home he is more visible than ever. Iconic images of his eyes look out from murals lining the streets of Caracas, his portrait appears on T-shirts sported by followers, and on television he can be heard booming "I am a nation!" Though still a... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 02:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1844088-absent-omnipresent-chavez-powerful-symbol.html 2013-01-25T02:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1826424-history-vs-history-china-plans-to-rebuild.html BEIJING (AP) — In a corner of old Beijing, the government may soon be both destroying history and remaking it. District officials want to re-create a piece of China's glorious dynastic past by rebuilding a square near the Drum and Bell towers in 18th-century Qing Dynasty fashion. To do it, they will demolish dozens of scuffed courtyard homes that preserva... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 06:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1826424-history-vs-history-china-plans-to-rebuild.html 2013-01-17T06:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1803396-official-china-to-labor-camp-sentences.html BEIJING (AP) — China will stop handing down labor camp sentences this year under a system that allowed police to lock up government critics and other defendants for up to four years without trial, the country's top law enforcement official said Monday. The move would be a key step in reforming China's judicial system, though details remained unclear, incl... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 09:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1803396-official-china-to-labor-camp-sentences.html 2013-01-07T09:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1799094-venezuela-vp-chavez-sworn-court.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez could be sworn in by the Supreme Court later on if he's not able to take the oath of office before lawmakers next week because of his struggle with cancer, his vice president said Friday. The stance announced by Vice President Nicolas Maduro conflicts with the argument by some opposition leaders t... Sat, 05 Jan 2013 03:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1799094-venezuela-vp-chavez-sworn-court.html 2013-01-05T03:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1793408-north-korea-cracks-knowledge-smugglers.html HUNCHUN, China (AP) — The warning came from Kim Jong Un, the North Korean ruler who sees his isolated nation, just across the border from this busy Chinese trading town, as under siege. The attack, he said, must be stopped. "We must extend the fight against the enemy's ideological and cultural infiltration," Kim said in an October speech at the headquarte... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1793408-north-korea-cracks-knowledge-smugglers.html 2012-12-31T17:48:00Z