Mao's battle with freedom.(Asia)(Mao Zedong)(Biography)

From: Quadrant | Date: October 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

IN THE EARLY 1990S, according to a story told by many Chinese taxi drivers, an eight-car traffic accident in Guangzhou resulted in injuries to seven of the drivers involved; the eighth, unscathed, had a Mao portrait attached to his windshield as a talisman. The incident fuelled a Mao fever ("Mao re"), a neo-folk religion with superstitious overtones.

Shopkeepers offered busts of Mao that glowed in the dark and alarm clocks that featured Red Guards waving Mao's Little Red Book at each tick of the clock. Even Mao temples appeared in some villages, with a serene portrait of the ...

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