Workers paint a portrait of late Chairman Mao Zedong in Changzhi, Shanxi province February 16, 2008. The television series "Beardless Chair Mao", about the days of China's former leader Mao as a young man, has become a big hit in the country, especially among university students. As one of the founders of the country, Chairman Mao was one of the most influential figures in China's modern history, Xinhua News Agency reported. Reuters Pictures 24 months ago

Workers paint a portrait of late Chairman Mao Zedong in Changzhi, Shanxi province February 16, 2008. The television series "Beardless Chair Mao", about the days of China's former leader Mao as a young man, has become a big hit in the country, especially among university students. As one of the founders of the country, Chairman Mao was one of the most influential figures in China's modern history, Xinhua News Agency reported.

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  1. 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. The stamps depict Chairman Mao Zedong (L) and his second-in-charge Lin Biao. The set is expected to fetch $640,000-770,000.
  2. An unissued imprint block of four of the former Chinese leader Mao Zedong and second-in-charge Lin Biao victory commemorative stamp is displayed during a stamp auction preview in Hong Kong Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. The set is expected to fetch $640,000-770,000.
  3. The right-half of an unissued Chinese stamp which shows Lin Biao, then the second-in-charge after Chairman Mao Zedong in 1967 marking the 40th anniversary of the establishment of Jing Gangshan revolutionary base, is displayed at a stamp auction preview in Hong Kong January 27, 2010. Lin died in a plane crash in 1971 after a failed coup to oust Mao. The missing left side of the stamp shows Mao. The stamp is expected to fetch $77,000-$100,200.
  4. Pupils listen to the teacher under portraits of China's former leaders (L-R) Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De and Deng Xiaoping at Gao'er Hope School located on the top of Xiaohuatan Mountain in Jinan, Shandong province January 19, 2010. There are only seven pupils and one teacher at the school, local media reported. Picture taken January 19, 2010.
  5. Pupils listen to the teacher under portraits of China's former leaders (L-R) Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De and Deng Xiaoping at Gao'er Hope School located on the top of Xiaohuatan Mountain in Jinan, Shandong province September 1, 2009. There are only seven pupils and one teacher at the school, local media reported.
  6. CHENGDU, CHINA - JANUARY 15: A statue of Chinsese former leader Mao Zedong is seen in front of a partial solar eclipse at the Tianfu Square on January 15, 2010 in Chengdu of Sichuan Province, China. An annular eclipse of the Sun is visible from within a 300-km-wide track that traverses half of Earth today including China, which is predicted to be the longest of its kind for 1000 years.
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  8. A statue of the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong is seen beside an unfinished residential construction site in Taiyuan, Shanxi province January 11, 2010. China vowed on Sunday not to let foreign speculative investment affect the property market, the latest expression of official concern that real estate prices are racing ahead too fast.
  9. A statue of the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong is seen beside an unfinished residential construction site in Taiyuan, Shanxi province January 11, 2010. China vowed on Sunday not to let foreign speculative investment affect the property market, the latest expression of official concern that real estate prices are racing ahead too fast.
  10. A tourist walks by a sculpture of Chinese leader Mao Zedong carved from compacted snow in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang province, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010.
  11. A worker shapes a snow sculpture of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong during the 26th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival at a park in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, January 5, 2010.
  12. A paramilitary policeman stands guard in front of the giant portrait of former Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong, on a snow-covered Tiananmen Square in Beijing January 3, 2010. Heavy snow hit Beijing on Sunday stranding thousands of passengers at the Chinese capital's main airport and casting an unusual quiet over normally busy streets as people stayed out of the freezing weather.
  13. Paramilitary policemen stand guard in front of a portrait of the late Chairman Mao Zedong on a snow-covered Tiananmen Square in Beijing January 3, 2010. Heavy snow hit Beijing on Sunday stranding thousands of passengers at the Chinese capital's main airport and casting an unusual quiet over normally busy streets as people stayed out of the freezing weather.
  14. A paramilitary policeman stands guard in front of the giant portrait of former Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong, on a snow-covered Tiananmen Square in Beijing January 3, 2010. Heavy snow hit Beijing on Sunday stranding thousands of passengers at the Chinese capital's main airport and casting an unusual quiet over normally busy streets as people stayed out of the freezing weather.
  15. Paramilitary policemen stand guard in front of the late Chairman Mao Zedong on a snow-covered Tiananmen Square in Beijing January 3, 2010. Heavy snow hit Beijing on Sunday stranding thousands of passengers at the Chinese capital's main airport and casting an unusual quiet over normally busy streets as people stayed out of the freezing weather.
  16. A paramilitary policeman stands guard in front of the giant portrait of former Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong, on a snow-covered Tiananmen Square in Beijing January 3, 2010. Heavy snow hit Beijing on Sunday stranding thousands of passengers at the Chinese capital's main airport and casting an unusual quiet over normally busy streets as people stayed out of the freezing weather.

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