Biographies showcase lessons on leadership and vision from influential 20th-century leaders in various fields.

XIAPU, China - A wizened farmer leads a buffalo through a misty copse of gnarled trees in eastern China, closely followed by a woman in a straw hat heaving pails of water.

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Hu rose from obscurity to become one of the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party. His belief in reform often landed him in ...

Those songs, playing in the background, became a soundtrack to Seeger’s childhood. It’s no surprise ... She even had dinner with Mao Zedong. “My father never told me, ‘You can't do ...

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Xi is a strongman who nevertheless suffered deep childhood trauma ... The elder Xi had been an associate of Chairman Mao Zedong and rose to the rank of vice-premier before he was purged in ...

Callista: When Mao Zedong died, China's new leader ... We used to sleep in our yard and look at the stars, and from early childhood, I became a stargazer and just was so curious about you know ...