New Delhi: Her book ripped the veil off Mao Zedong's regime and was described as a "bombshell of a devastating work" by the British media. But the biography of China's most well known personality is not the only one that has made writer Jung Chang famous. London-based Chang is the co-author of "Mao: The Unknown Story" and also the generational saga, "Wild Swans: The Three Daughters of China". "When I...
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New York: An Andy Warhol portrait of Mao Zedong that actor Dennis Hopper shot two bullets through sold for $302,500 at Christie's on Tuesday, more than 10 times its high estimate. The 1972 screenprint from Hopper's art collection is done in hues of mostly blues and greens, including a deep blue face for Mao, the founder of the modern communist state. It had been had been estimated to sell for...01:05 PM, Jan 12, 2011
New Delhi: Congress MP and party General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has caused a stir with his comments on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi being like Mao Zedong. Rahul. who is on a three-city trip to the state, compared Modi to Mao when speaking about development in the state. "Mao also developed China but he caused destruction to the country, too," said Rahul when asked to comment on the development work...03:34 PM, Nov 27, 2010
Tourists visiting China complain that some Mao statues they buy as mementos are substandard. ...03:31 PM, Jun 21, 2010
China celebrated 60 years becoming the People's Republic on Thursday. ...07:19 AM, Oct 02, 2009
Celebrations were marked by firing cannons and raising the red flag. ...11:18 AM, Oct 01, 2009
A condom seller was ordered to shut shop for displaying his wares without instructions in "inappropriate packages". ...01:06 PM, Nov 08, 2006
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