Yuyang Liu for ChinaFile
A salesperson in Mao Zedong’s hometown, Shaoshan, Hunan province, lowers a large roll of firecrackers from the shelves, May 20, 2016. China’s fireworks factories make an estimated 90 percent of the world’s pyrotechnics; many are made within 70 miles of Shaoshan, in Liuyang and nearby Liling.
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A salesperson in Mao Zedong’s hometown, Shaoshan, Hunan province, lowers a large roll of firecrackers from the shelves, May 20, 2016. China’s fireworks factories make an estimated 90 percent of the world’s pyrotechnics; many are made within 70 miles of Shaoshan, in Liuyang and nearby Liling.