The real reason: Lin Biao, then defense minister and Mao's anointed successor ... went through in the past six decades is Tiananmen, or the Gate of Heavenly Peace. Behind it lies the Imperial ...

Tiananmen Square is among the world's most famous public spaces. Almost anyone can recognize the Gate of Heavenly Peace emblazoned with a portrait of Chairman Mao as a symbol of Beijing.

PRESENTER:'On the 1st of October 1949, in Beijing, 'Mao announced the birth of a new China.' PRESENTER:There's the Tiananmen gate where Mao ZeDong made that famous speech. It was only 38 years ...

Tiananmen, or the Gate of Heavenly Peace, is where Chairman Mao proclaimed the founding of the People’s Republic on 1 October 1949. Just north of the square lies the Imperial Palace (Gugong ...

Today we're in one era, and tomorrow we'll be in a different era," President Donald Trump loudly proclaimed from the White House Rose Garden as he hiked US tariffs to their highest level since 1909.