T-shirts featuring Mao Zedong, left, and Beijing Olympics, right, are sold in a street Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007 in Shanghai, China. China celebrated the one-year countdown to the start of the Beijing Games last week, however the Olympics chief warned that the capital's dirty air could force the rescheduling of some events. AP Photo logo AP Photo 27 months ago

T-shirts featuring Mao Zedong, left, and Beijing Olympics, right, are sold in a street Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007 in Shanghai, China. China celebrated the one-year countdown to the start of the Beijing Games last week, however the Olympics chief warned that the capital's dirty air could force the rescheduling of some events.

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  3. BEIJING - SEPTEMBER 03: A Chinese woman sells portraits of former Chinese leaders, premier Zhou Enlai (L) and chairman Mao Zedong (C), at Panjiayuan flea market on September 3, 2009 in Beijing, China. Memorabilia of the Chinese Communist regime have become more popular ahead of the upcoming National Day on October 1, 2009 which this year will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the formation of the People's Republic of China.
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  16. A 32-metre (105 feet) statue of late Chairman Mao Zedong in his youth is seen under construction in Changsha, central China's Hunan province on November 3, 2009. China recently marked the 115th anniversary of the birth of revolutionary Mao Zedong, commemorating the 'Great Helmsman,' who founded the People's Republic in 1949 and served as China's leader until his death in 1976.

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