Mao Zedong's presence still lingers in China
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A poster of former Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong hangs on a wall in a cave that was once the headquarters of former Chinese Communist military leader Lin Biao, located in mountains on the outskirts of Beijing, on July 16, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A Chinese worker paints the Tiananmen Gate, next to a portrait of China's late Chairman Mao Zedong, on Sept 17. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Fan Jinggang, the general manager of the neo-Maoist Utopia website and bookstore, wears a watch bearing an image of former Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong, as he stands in his bookstore in central Beijing, on March 29, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Visitors watch the painting 'Chairman Mao inspects the Guangdong Countryside' by Chinese artist Chen Yanning at the 'Mahjong' exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art at the Kunsthalle museum in Hamburg, on Oct 25, 2006. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A woman stands near a poster of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong at her gas station office near Badong, 100km from the Three Gorges dam in Hubei province, on Aug 6, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Unissued Chinese stamps from the 1968 Cultural Revolution period, titled Great Victory Of Cultural Revolution, are displayed at an auction preview in Hong Kong January 27, 2010. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Late Chinese leader Mao Zedong is seen on a 100 yuan (S$19.3) bank note in this photo illustration taken in Beijing, on Dec 9, 2010. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A book cover is pictured at a communist party school called China's Executive Leadership Academy of Jinggangshan, in Jiangxi province, on Sept 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A badge bearing the portrait of former Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong can be seen attached to a hat next to a Chinese Communist Party badge and a red star at a market in Beijing, on July 1, 2008. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A worker installs scaffoldings in fronon t of a statue of China's late leader Mao Zedong at a square in Kashgar, Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region, June 13, 2010. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A visitor looks at a ten-piece set paper screen print of Mao Zedong by Andy Warhol, which is part of Warhol's series of the late Chinese leader, displayed at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre during Christie's 2008 Spring Sales, on May 26, 2008. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A farmer trims a tree near a 32m high statue of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong in his youth in Changsha, Hunan province, on Nov 22, 2009. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A poster of former Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong hangs on a wall in a cave that was once the headquarters of former Chinese Communist military leader Lin Biao, located in mountains on the outskirts of Beijing, on July 16, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A Chinese worker paints the Tiananmen Gate, next to a portrait of China's late Chairman Mao Zedong, on Sept 17. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Fan Jinggang, the general manager of the neo-Maoist Utopia website and bookstore, wears a watch bearing an image of former Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong, as he stands in his bookstore in central Beijing, on March 29, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Visitors watch the painting 'Chairman Mao inspects the Guangdong Countryside' by Chinese artist Chen Yanning at the 'Mahjong' exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art at the Kunsthalle museum in Hamburg, on Oct 25, 2006. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A woman stands near a poster of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong at her gas station office near Badong, 100km from the Three Gorges dam in Hubei province, on Aug 6, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Unissued Chinese stamps from the 1968 Cultural Revolution period, titled Great Victory Of Cultural Revolution, are displayed at an auction preview in Hong Kong January 27, 2010. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Late Chinese leader Mao Zedong is seen on a 100 yuan (S$19.3) bank note in this photo illustration taken in Beijing, on Dec 9, 2010. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A book cover is pictured at a communist party school called China's Executive Leadership Academy of Jinggangshan, in Jiangxi province, on Sept 20, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A badge bearing the portrait of former Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong can be seen attached to a hat next to a Chinese Communist Party badge and a red star at a market in Beijing, on July 1, 2008. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A worker installs scaffoldings in fronon t of a statue of China's late leader Mao Zedong at a square in Kashgar, Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region, June 13, 2010. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A visitor looks at a ten-piece set paper screen print of Mao Zedong by Andy Warhol, which is part of Warhol's series of the late Chinese leader, displayed at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre during Christie's 2008 Spring Sales, on May 26, 2008. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A farmer trims a tree near a 32m high statue of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong in his youth in Changsha, Hunan province, on Nov 22, 2009. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A selection of archive images showcasing former Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong’s lingering presence in China decades after his death.
China has yet to announce the start date for the 18th Communist Party Congress, the country’s biggest political meeting in 10 years, which will see the transfer of power from President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao to a new generation.
