Links and Resources
Profile of Mao Zedong, leader of the Chinese People's Republic, who Time magazine considers one of the 100 most influential leaders and revolutionaries of the 20th century. Written by Jonathan Spence.
Companion site for film that provides rich multimedia elements pertaining to Mao Zedong and the Cultural Revolution.
A production by Frontline documenting the progression of China since the end of the Cultural Revolution.
Listen to a Talking Volumes discussion that took place at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota (April 20, 2004). Produced by Minnesota Public Radio, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and The Loft Literary Center.
A review of Michael Lind's book Vietnam: The Necessary War in the April 2000 edition of The Atlantic Monthly in which John Lewis Gaddis discusses the interventionist role of Chairman Mao and China in the conflict.
In an interview entitled "Do They Know It's Christmas?" with David Aikman in the National Review (December 22, 2003), the journalist and author discusses the state and influence of Christianity in contemporary China.
A site produced by BBC News that provides brief descriptions about groups, personalities, and terms commonly used. Also includes audio of eyewitnesses during this time.
A collection, archived by The University of Westminster in London, of nearly five hundred posters spanning the period between the late 1960s and the late 1980s.
A travelling exhibit that originated at Indiana University and makes use of a collection of Cultural Revolution posters from the University of Westminster.
Text from the second edition of Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, printed in Peking in 1967.
Includes audio files of revolutionary operas, as well as traditional Beijing operas and several of Mao's speeches.
Site commemorating the 110th birthday of Mao Zedong. Although in Chinese, it includes audio and video files of Mao's speeches, propaganda films, revolutionary operas, and other miscellany.
