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In 1958, Zhou Youguang introduced a new writing system in China
Thousands of people were sent to re-education camps during China’s cultural revolution
How Wham! became the first Western pop act to perform in communist China
Hundreds of thousands of Asian women were forced into sex slavery in the 1930s and 1940s
Discovered by chance by farmers digging a well, the secrets of the Qin Dynasty in China.
The national hero was branded a traitor for collaborating with Japan during World War Two
We hear from one of the first students to study overseas after the Cultural Revolution
A first-hand account of taking on the Chinese Communist Party in the 1980s
The collected thoughts of China's communist leader that became an unexpected best-seller
The Chinese civil war remembered by the Nationalist leader's former chief aide.
China's legendary Communist leader in the words of an American who knew him well
When Mao Zedong tried to force an industrial revolution in China millions starved to death
A former communist Red Guard recalls his role in China's Cultural Revolution.
How China's barefoot doctor scheme revolutionised rural healthcare.
Chairman Mao banned all classical music in 1966, but some musicians defied the order.
The return of university entrance exams showed the Cultural Revolution had really ended.
It has never been easy to practice a religious faith in communist China
Chinese scientists used ancient traditional medicine to find a cure for malaria.
In May 1980 Communist China allowed capitalist activity for the first time.
The Chinese Communist Party started ruthlessly enforcing birth control in the early 1980s
Three friends set off on an epic trek along the Great Wall of China in May 1984
Dan Wang was the most wanted student leader after the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989.
Sister Lotus was an unlikely online celebrity because she was famous for being ordinary.
How LGBT people in China started arranging fake marriages to hide their sexuality
