However, the fate of Mao Zedong’s body remained uncertain until September 30, when the Post reported that his wish would not be granted: “Like other communist giants, the body of Chairman Mao ...

Before the natural processes of decay could take hold, Xie Piao, an official overseeing an experimental thermoelectric cooling project, was summoned in the middle of the night and tasked with cooling ...

But Xie said: “Although there is controversy, I think that Mao’s corpse has been somewhat useful to China over the decades. “The spirit of the Chinese people finds a focus on Chairman Mao ...

At that time, other than Chairman Mao’s official portrait, Chen Shilin also retouched all national leaders’ photographs including those of Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi, Zhu De and Lin Biao.

was summoned in the middle of the night and tasked with cooling the corpse. “No one expected that Chairman Mao would die, so there were no preparations at all,” said Xie, now 75, who said he ...

But Xie said: “Although there is controversy, I think that Mao’s corpse has been somewhat useful to China over the decades. “The spirit of the Chinese people finds a focus on Chairman Mao ...

"Those statues which survived are modern historical relics." Chairman Mao's image means many things to many people. On Tian'anmen, it represents the glorious revolution he led. In busts ...

But Xie said: "Although there is controversy, I think that Mao's corpse has been somewhat useful to China over the decades. "The spirit of the Chinese people finds a focus on Chairman Mao's body." ...

Outside, one encounters a line of stalls vending all sorts of souvenirs—from tacky miniature replicas of Mao in his glass coffin, to copies of the ubiquitous “Red Book.” It has been said that the ...

While there is time, some survivors are speaking out about that deadly decade of purges and bloodletting, unleashed in 1966 by Chairman Mao Zedong as a way to outflank critics within the party ...

China's former leader Chairman Mao Zedong has had various incarnations: guerrilla fighter, political leader, mass murderer and pop-art icon. Now, 32 years after his death, in perhaps the most ...