In 1991, fifteen years after Mao Zedong’s death, I met the Great Helmsman for the first time.
Businessmen and some rural communities chipped in nearly 3 million yuan ($459,000) to build the conspicuous tribute, according to Chinese state media.
"The Devil may wear Prada, but as Mao once observed, if there is "great disorder under Heaven, the situation is excellent.
China's former leader Chairman Mao Zedong has had various incarnations: guerrilla fighter, political leader, mass murderer and pop-art icon.
A display at the Comrade Mao Zedong Memorial Museum in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, shows the leader's personal effects and a snapshot of his bathroom at Zhongnanhai, China's leadership compound in .
Stepping off the train arriving at Shaoshan, central China’s Hunan Province, a bursting passion among the huge crowd was immediately felt.
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WHEN a man has identified himself with a cause for the greater part of his adult life, that cause becomes part of his personality.
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