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Ryan Pyle for The New York Times “I wanted these two great countries to be at peace,” said Ji Chaozhu, a former translator to Mao Zedong and other Chinese leaders. “These were the two I had a connection to.” FORTY years ago this month, on a cold, gray mo
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By Edward N. Luttwak As the pros and cons of attacking Iran's nuclear installations are debated, Americans are confronted by equally confident but contradictory assertions about the possible scope of Iran's retaliation or the impact on the stability of t
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Supporters of Unified Communist Party of Nepal (UCPN-Maoist) carry portraits of former Chinese chairman Mao Zedong during a rally marking the 17th anniversary of the "People's War" in Kathmandu February 13, 2012. According to local media, thousands of... View Photo »
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WHEN CHINA’S vice-president Xi Jinping lands in Shannon today for a getting-to-know-you trip to our shores, a rare opportunity presents itself for Ireland to expand its role as a key trading partner of China, the world’s fastest-growing major economy. As
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Chairman Mao Zedong would be alarmed if he knew how his countrymen were interpreting some of his words. In 1964 Mao came up with the principle of making the past serve the present and foreign things serve China. So instead of conserving historical buildi
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The Canadian and Chinese national flags hang from a pole in front of the giant portrait of former Chinese chairman Mao Zedong at Beijing's Tiananmen Square February 9, 2012. Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper is on a five-day official trip to China. View Photo »
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Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping’s visit to the United States was extremely short on substance. It was really just a public relations exercise for both sides aimed at audiences back home. And as for building rapport between leaders, by nature, the visit
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Feudalism was spacious. Capitalism is priapic. Communism was dogmatic. Democracy is, alas, a bit chaotic.The world's postage stamp for capitalism, Hong Kong, keeps rising: my highrise is bigger than yours. The pride of real estate is no longer a mansion
About Mao Zedong
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Mao Zedong (help·info) (December 26, 1893 – September 9, 1976) (also Mao Tse-Tung in Wade-Giles transliteration) was a Chinese Marxist leader and Chairman of the Communist Party of China (CCP) from 1945 until his death. He instigated several major socio-political programmes (some through collectivisation), including the Anti-Rightist Campaign,... Full Article
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A tourist gestures for a photo inside an auditorium of the Military Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party in 1940s with photos of military leader Zhu De, left, and Mao Zedong, right, and a banner reading "Anti-Japan War Victory Celebration Meeting" in Yan'an, in...
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A visitor (R) stands by billboards where a picture of late Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong (L) is displayed during an exhibition held as part of the celebrations for the 90th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Chinese Communist party, in Shanghai on June 27, 2011. China has...
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A Chinese paramilitary officer stands beneath a portrait of the late Chinese chairman Mao Zedong as military talks between China and the US opened in Beijing on December 7, 2011. Chinese and US defence officials opened military talks in Beijing after ties were strained by American arms...
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RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2011 - Policemen ride two-wheeled motorized vehicles in front of a portrait of former Chairman Mao Zedong as they patrol Tiananmen Square during the opening ceremony of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing March 5, 2011.
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RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2011 - A statue of late Chairman Mao Zedong is pictured under the sun at a white marble factory in Dashiwo, near Beijing April 11, 2011.
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Badges of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong are displayed at a "red museum" in Xincun community centre at Aning of Kunming, in China's southwestern Yunnan province, November 29, 2011. The museum showcases more than 35,000 badges and memorabilia of Mao, as well as other communist party...
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A visitor looks at badges of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong (top row, 2nd R) at a "red museum" in Xincun community center at Aning of Kunming, in China's southwestern Yunnan province, November 29, 2011. The museum showcases more than 35,000 badges and memorabilia of Mao, as well as...
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Impersonator of China's former Chief Commander of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Zhu De (R) stands next to impersonator of former Chairman Mao Zedong (C) as he gives a speech during a performance at the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Beijing, June 11,...
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A paramilitary policeman stands guard under the giant portrait of former Chinese chairman Mao Zedong in Beijing's Tiananmen Square November 25, 2011. China prizes stable ties with the United States, especially as it faces a Communist Party leadership succession in late 2012, when...
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (L) holds up copies of the phrasebook of former Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong during a meeting with Vice Minister of China's National Development and Reform Commission Zhang Xiaoqiang (R) in Caracas November 24, 2011. Chinese companies will join...
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Visitors to a gallery located in the art district of Beijing known as '798', look at a work on display showing the head of U.S. President Barack Obama superimposed onto the body of former Chinese chairman Mao Zedong November 21, 2011. China's leaders, upstaged by President Barack...
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This picture taken on November 21, 2011 shows former Chairman Mao Zedong's special plane at the newly opened China Aviation Museum in Beijing. Chinese airlines will add 4,583 passenger aircrafts to their fleets by 2030, as the number of air passengers in China has grown on average 15.3...
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Visitors to a gallery located in the art district of Beijing known as '798' look at a work on display showing the head of U.S. President Barack Obama superimposed onto the body of former Chinese chairman Mao Zedong November 21, 2011. China has sought to put its relationship with the...
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Chinese leader Mao Zedong reviewing for the first time the army forces of the 'Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution' on the Tienanmen Gate rostrum on 18 August 1966.
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Chinese leader Mao Zedong during speach on 'The correct handling of contradictions among the People' at the 11 Enlarged Meeting of the Supreme State Conference in 1957.
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This file photo taken on November 24, 1973 shows US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (R) meeting with Chinese President Mao Zedong (L) in Beijing. Chinese leader Mao Zedong proposed sending 10 million Chinese women to the United States, in talks with top envoy Henry Kissinger in 1973,...
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A Chinese man stands near the portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011. Top officials from China's Communist Party met Saturday for the most important annual conference of the year as they prepare for a sweeping change in the leadership...
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A man looks at a wooden sculpture of China's former Chairman Mao Zedong at an art exhibition in Hefei, Anhui province October 13, 2011.
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Competitors ride their bicycles past the giant portrait of late Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong during the 2011 Tour of Beijing cycling race, at the Tiananmen Square in Beijing October 9, 2011.
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A plainclothes paramilitary policeman keeps watch in front of a portrait of China's late chairman Mao Zedong as tourists walk through Tiananmen Gate in Beijing October 1, 2011, on China's 62nd National Day.
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CORRECTS THE PLACE WHERE VISITORS ENTER - Visitors queue under a giant portrait of Mao Zedong, the founder of the People's Republic of China, to enter Tiananmen Gate on China's National Day in Beijing Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011. Hundreds of thousands foreign and domestic tourists are...
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Chinese police and paramilitary police officers stand watch near a giant portrait of Mao Zedong, the founder of the People's Republic of China, during a flag raising ceremony at Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011. Hundreds of thousands foreign and domestic tourists...
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A paramilitary policemen (L) stands guard as workers hang a new portrait of China's late Chairman Mao Zedong at the Tiananmen Gate to replace the old one during an annual renovation ahead of National Day, in Beijing September 27, 2011. National Day, which falls on October 1, marks the...
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Chen Hanzhang (L) presents part of a badge collection of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong during an exhibition entitled 'glorious days - treasures from People's Republic of China's (PRC) establishment' in Hong Kong on September 21, 2011. The exhibition marks the 62nd anniversary of the...
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A statuette of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong posing with children is displayed during an exhibition entitled 'glorious days - treasures from People's Republic of China's (PRC) establishment' in Hong Kong on September 21, 2011. The exhibition marks the 62nd anniversary of the PRC and...
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A tourist gestures for a photo inside an auditorium of the Military Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party in 1940s with photos of military leader Zhu De, left, and Mao Zedong, right, and a banner reading "Anti-Japan War Victory Celebration Meeting" in Yan'an, in...
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