Long Marching; 'Red tourism' is on the upswing, as Chinese look for the good in Chairman Mao.

From: Newsweek International | Date: September 18, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Melinda Liu and Benjamin Robertson

Tourists crowd into Jinggangshan, a mountainous retreat in Jiangxi province that was Mao Zedong's base before the legendary Long March of 1934-36. Some lay white funerary wreaths at a memorial hall; others toss cigarettes onto his stark wooden bed as an offering to the chain-smoking Great Helmsman. Thirty years have passed since Mao died on Sept. 9, and Jinggangshan now attracts free-spending Chinese yuppies instead of stern cadres. These so-called red tourists, in fact, are flocking to revolutionary sites all around the country--from ...

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