the concept of redistributing water was first proposed by Mao Zedong in 1952. This led to the ambitious South-North Water Transfer Project. Launched in 2002 and slated for completion in 2050 ...

The wall that surrounds Xi’an is 8.5 miles long and protects the city’s historic artifacts, including its famed terra-cotta warriors.

Although Tiananmen Square looks like a field of concrete (which it is), you'll want to see it for the surrounding attractions: The Great Hall of the People, the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong ...

Among them a Hunan peasant's son, Mao ZeDong.' PRESENTER ... in some ways, one of the great accidents of history. PRESENTER:'In the late 1920s, China was ravaged by flood, famine and armed conflict.