Mao Tse-tung Goes Capitalist

Mao would roll over in his grave...if he could roll. He sits...uh..lies frozen in a building on Tiananmen Square. At least he was still frozen the last time I saw him.

I am sure the building has a name, but I don't know what it is. It's right outside the great hall of the people.

On the outside wall of the forbidden city is a HUGE portrait of Chairman Mao. That portrait was painted from a smaller 'mother copy' that is just 35" by 27" big.

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