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 23 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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  1. In this photo taken Sunday, June 21, 2009, Benzho, a 68 year-old former Tibetan serf, stands in front of portraits of Chinese communist leaders including Mao Zedong, left, and Zhou Enlai, second left, at his home in Ganba Village near Lhasa, in Tibet, China. Benzho, who uses only one name, lives in one of 18 Tibetan style houses built with low cost loans in a housing project at the village.
  2. In this photo taken Sunday, June 21, 2009, Benzho, a 68 year-old former Tibetan serf, stands in front of portraits of Chinese communist leaders including Mao Zedong, left, and Zhou Enlai, second left, at his home in Ganba Village near Lhasa, in Tibet, China. Benzho, who uses only one name, lives in one of 18 Tibetan style houses built with no-interest government loans in a housing project at the village.
  3. In a picture taken on June 30, 2009, a man visiting an arts district in Beijing poses beside an image of former communist party leader Mao Zedong on a one hundred yuan note sculpture. China said on July 2 it wants a diversified global monetary system as President Hu Jintao prepares to travel to the G8 summit in Italy during which the issue of a new reserve currency could be raised. China made waves in March this year when it called for ditching the US dollar as the international reserve currency to stabilise the world monetary climate, a suggestion which the International Monetary Fund later said was legitimate.
  4. A Chinese man carries his daughter on his back as he walks past a man selling photographs in front of the giant portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Square in Beijing June 29, 2009.
  5. An iconic 'London cab' drives past the giant portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong that hangs in Beijing's Tiananmen Square June 29, 2009. The black cabs may soon become a common sight on the streets of inland Chinese cities with Geely Automobile Holdings, a major Chinese indigenous car maker and its British partner Manganese Bronze Holdings PLC, planning to sell about 1,000 of these cars in China this year. Already, 30 of the cabs are in service in the capital Beijing since last year's Olympic games. To match interview GEELY/BLACKCAB.
  6. An iconic 'London cab' drives past the giant portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong that hangs in Beijing's Tiananmen Square June 29, 2009. The black cabs may soon become a common sight on the streets of inland Chinese cities with Geely Automobile Holdings, a major Chinese indigenous car maker and its British partner Manganese Bronze Holdings PLC, planning to sell about 1,000 of these cars in China this year. Already, 30 of the cabs are in service in the capital Beijing since last year's Olympic games. To match interview GEELY/BLACKCAB.
  7. In this photo taken Saturday, June 20, 2009, portraits of former Chinese leaders from left, Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, and current President Hu Jintao are seen in a meeting room at the offices of the Dashi Group in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, China. The company, started by a Tibetan entrepreneur named Dawa, produces edible oils from walnuts and other foods.
  8. LHASA, CHINA - JUNE 20: Portraits of former Chinese leaders (L-R) Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, and current President Hu Jintao are displayed in a meeting room at the offices of the Dashi Group on June 20, 2009 in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Traditionally, Lhasa is the seat of the Dalai Lama, the capital of Tibet and is the highest capital in the world.
  9. Policemen take position during an encounter with Maoist rebels at Bhimpur, in west Midnapore, about 152 kilometers (95 miles) west from Calcutta, India, Friday, June 19, 2009. Suspected Maoist rebels killed nine policemen in a land mine attack in eastern India on Thursday, as hundreds of soldiers moved to confront the guerrillas in a neighboring state. The attack came as authorities sent hundreds of soldiers to neighboring West Bengal state where Maoist rebels captured more than a dozen villages, killed political rivals and burned police stations and government offices. The rebels, who say they are inspired by Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong, have been fighting for more than three decades in several Indian states, demanding land and jobs for agricultural laborers and the poor.
  10. Policemen take position during an encounter with Maoist rebels at Bhimpur, in west Midnapore, about 152 kilometers (95 miles) west from Calcutta, India, Friday, June 19, 2009. Suspected Maoist rebels killed nine policemen in a land mine attack in eastern India on Thursday, as hundreds of soldiers moved to confront the guerrillas in a neighboring state. The attack came as authorities sent hundreds of soldiers to neighboring West Bengal state where Maoist rebels captured more than a dozen villages, killed political rivals and burned police stations and government offices. The rebels, who say they are inspired by Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong, have been fighting for more than three decades in several Indian states, demanding land and jobs for agricultural laborers and the poor.
  11. Policemen take position during an encounter with Maoist rebels at Bhimpur, in west Midnapore, about 152 kilometers (95 miles) west from Calcutta, India, Friday, June 19, 2009. Suspected Maoist rebels killed nine policemen in a land mine attack in eastern India on Thursday, as hundreds of soldiers moved to confront the guerrillas in a neighboring state. The attack came as authorities sent hundreds of soldiers to neighboring West Bengal state where Maoist rebels captured more than a dozen villages, killed political rivals and burned police stations and government offices. The rebels, who say they are inspired by Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong, have been fighting for more than three decades in several Indian states, demanding land and jobs for agricultural laborers and the poor.
  12. Paramilitary soldiers take cover during an encounter with Maoist rebels at Bhimpur, in west Midnapore, about 152 kilometers (95 miles) west from Calcutta, India, Friday, June 19, 2009. Suspected Maoist rebels killed nine policemen in a land mine attack in eastern India on Thursday, as hundreds of soldiers moved to confront the guerrillas in a neighboring state. The attack came as authorities sent hundreds of soldiers to neighboring West Bengal state where Maoist rebels captured more than a dozen villages, killed political rivals and burned police stations and government offices. The rebels, who say they are inspired by Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong, have been fighting for more than three decades in several Indian states, demanding land and jobs for agricultural laborers and the poor.
  13. Paramilitary soldiers take position during an encounter with Maoist rebels at Bhimpur, in west Midnapore, about 152 kilometers (95 miles) west from Calcutta, India, Friday, June 19, 2009. Suspected Maoist rebels killed nine policemen in a land mine attack in eastern India on Thursday, as hundreds of soldiers moved to confront the guerrillas in a neighboring state. The attack came as authorities sent hundreds of soldiers to neighboring West Bengal state where Maoist rebels captured more than a dozen villages, killed political rivals and burned police stations and government offices. The rebels, who say they are inspired by Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong, have been fighting for more than three decades in several Indian states, demanding land and jobs for agricultural laborers and the poor.
  14. Paramilitary soldiers take position during an encounter with Maoist rebels at Bhimpur, in west Midnapore, about 152 kilometers (95 miles) west from Calcutta, India, Friday, June 19, 2009. Suspected Maoist rebels killed nine policemen in a land mine attack in eastern India on Thursday, as hundreds of soldiers moved to confront the guerrillas in a neighboring state. The attack came as authorities sent hundreds of soldiers to neighboring West Bengal state where Maoist rebels captured more than a dozen villages, killed political rivals and burned police stations and government offices. The rebels, who say they are inspired by Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong, have been fighting for more than three decades in several Indian states, demanding land and jobs for agricultural laborers and the poor.
  15. Policemen take position during an encounter with Maoist rebels at Bhimpur, in west Midnapore, about 152 kilometers (95 miles) west from Calcutta, India, Friday, June 19, 2009. Suspected Maoist rebels killed nine policemen in a land mine attack in eastern India on Thursday, as hundreds of soldiers moved to confront the guerrillas in a neighboring state. The attack came as authorities sent hundreds of soldiers to neighboring West Bengal state where Maoist rebels captured more than a dozen villages, killed political rivals and burned police stations and government offices. The rebels, who say they are inspired by Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong, have been fighting for more than three decades in several Indian states, demanding land and jobs for agricultural laborers and the poor.
  16. Visitors look at one of the cars former Chinese chairman Mao Zedong owned that is now on display at the Beijing classic car museum June 17, 2009. The private museum, which opened to the public earlier this month, showcases over 160 of the earliest "made-in-China" cars.

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