Abstract:
Rumour has it that Mao Zedong is regarded as a bit of a joke these days in China. The government might pay lip service to his name, but they have gone far from his legacy – or so the common wisdom has it. In the pursuit of wealth in the new capitalist China, Mao’s memorabilia is the stuff of tourists, not locals. Marxism – well nobody talks about that these days. Even the Chinese word for comrade, tongzhi (‘of the same mind’), has slipped from common usage and is now used by gays and lesbians.
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