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A concrete statue of Mao Zedong, wrapped for transport, is hoisted by cranes at a logistics company before being transported to the Chongqing Municipal Industry Museum in Chongqing. This statue was erected in 1968 during China’s Cultural Revolution. This is the first time that the city moved a Mao statue.
Related:
- Xi, Mao, and China’s Search for a Usable Past, by Paul Gewirtz, January 14, 2014
- Why Marx Still Matters: The Ideological Drivers of Chinese Politics, by Rogier Creemers, December 16, 2014
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A concrete statue of Mao Zedong, wrapped for transport, is hoisted by cranes at a logistics company before being transported to the Chongqing Municipal Industry Museum in Chongqing. This statue was erected in 1968 during China’s Cultural Revolution. This is the first time that the city moved a Mao statue.
Related:
- Xi, Mao, and China’s Search for a Usable Past, by Paul Gewirtz, January 14, 2014
- Why Marx Still Matters: The Ideological Drivers of Chinese Politics, by Rogier Creemers, December 16, 2014