The portrait on Mao on Tiananmen Gate looks over people waving Olympic and Chinese flags as China kicked off the final year countdown to the Beijing Olympics with a spectacular ceremony on a dazzlingly lit Tiananmen Square 08 August 2007. Getty Images logo Getty Images 23 months ago

The portrait on Mao on Tiananmen Gate looks over people waving Olympic and Chinese flags as China kicked off the final year countdown to the Beijing Olympics with a spectacular ceremony on a dazzlingly lit Tiananmen Square 08 August 2007.

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