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Seduced by Mao Zedong: Novel imagines one of his teenage lovers, navigating communist treachery and the Cultural Revolution
In the whirlwind flashback of Vanessa Hua’s novel “Forbidden City,” 15-year-old Mei is whisked away from her rural village in 1965 to Mao Zedong’s sumptuous residence in Beijing ...
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A historic 1956 menu signed by Mao Zedong just sold for $275,000. Here's what was served at the dinner, which ultimately led to nuke development.
A menu signed by Mao Zedong and other officials was sold for $275,000 on Wednesday. It was from 1956, and for the first state banquet hosting Pakistan's then-Prime Minister. Here's what was served ...