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's body." ...

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 ...

They place flowers at the foot of a Mao statue. They gaze reverentially at the chairman's crystal coffin, often bowing to the waxy corpse inside. Almost 30 years after his death, Mao remains the ...

But love him or loathe him, Chairman Mao has done more for his people in ... the marble and granite mausoleum where his gray-suited corpse is still on display, a hotel shopping arcade boasts ...

His embalmed remains are in a glass case in the center, protected by an honor guard. Chairman Mao was a physical wreck for the last few years of his life, with chronic lung and heart problems and ...