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As he turns 90 this week, the Dalai Lama has announced that he will be reincarnated, setting his followers on a collision course with China. Alisha Rahaman Sarkar speaks to activists and the president of the Tibetan government-in-exile about what this means for the future of Tibetan Buddhism

During the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution, Mao Zedong pushed for the closure of Chinese universities, seeing higher education as little more than a breeding ground for counterrevolutionary bourgeois intellectuals. After closing for a period, China’s universities reopened on a limited basis from 1970, with selection criteria based on class background, revolutionary…

The 20th century was full of techno-utopian visions of the ideal future society. None of them ended well

Mohamed-Zain Dada makes a darkly comic drama out of a speed awareness course, while clever design elevates Amy Ng’s play about Madame Mao

In the latest revelation of Chinese influence among the Taiwanese armed forced, at least 62 active-duty Taiwanese service members have been found holding Chinese residency permits

Many see parallels with the architect of the Cultural Revolution. Both relished disruption and have exploited the power of the mob, says the Guardian’s foreign leader writer Tania Branigan

3/5 Two women across six decades of upheaval are covered in this astonishing true story of Mao Zedong’s revolution

2/5 This real-life tale of Mao’s wife and the first female director of China fails to meet its own potential

Chinese companies are relieved Trump’s wider tariffs have been paused but on social media, posts are full of defiance