‘Long Live Chairman Mao’: Supporters Pay Respects to Founder of Communist China
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Founder of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Mao died on September 9, 1976. His legacy is celebrated this week fervently by those who still consider him a visionary leader. Even though some of his policies are held responsible for famines and millions of deaths, the nostalgia of his egalitarian ideals and his affirmation of national sovereignty is gaining ground in today's China. Tourists, including many students, on Wednesday laid wreaths…
This Wednesday, a crowd commemorates in Shaoshan Square the fifty years of the death of Communist dictator Mao. This figure of the Chinese Communist Party remains for many a hero of the Chinese revolution.
On the 50th anniversary of the death of Mao Zedong, who contributed to the founding of China, thousands of young people from all over China gathered in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, Mao's hometown, on the 9th. Although it was a voluntary gathering, under the watchful eye of local police, they sang revolutionary songs to commemorate Mao. Near his birthplace…
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Shaoshan, 9 Sep. (askanews) - Fifty years after Mao Zedong's death, Shaoshan's "Grande Timoniere" continues to attract thousands of visitors. In the Hunan city where it was born in 1893, about a thousand people took part in the night commemoration of the anniversary, with red flags, portraits of Mao, copies of the Red Book and revolutionary songs. Many are young people and students. "The locals are very simple and everyone is very friendly - say…
Tributes are continuing across China on the 9th to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of former Chinese President Mao Zedong. While state-run media are releasing reports highlighting his life and achievements, no memorial events were held at the central government level. On the 9th, the People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party, posted on its social media accounts, “Mao Zedong was a great patriot and national hero…
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