Tag: Mao
China Tackles Poor-Quality Tourist Tchotchkes
by Eva Holland | 06.21.10 | 4:04 PM ET
Is your cheaply made Chairman Mao statuette getting you down? Hunan’s Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision is on the case. Xinhua reports that new technical standards for the popular souvenirs will come into force July 1.
According to the bureau’s chief engineer: “The move is expected to curtail the production and sale of low-quality Mao statues that harm the tourism market and people’s feeling for the great man.” (Via Gawker)
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Yahoo! BuzzQuyang, China
by World Hum | 03.25.09 | 10:40 AM ET
REUTERS/David Gray Sculptors work as they stand on scaffolding surrounding a statue of the late Chinese chairman Mao Zedong in the town of Quyang.
The Songstress of Kunming
by Jeffrey Tayler | 11.07.07 | 12:48 PM ET
In the southern Chinese city, an unexpected concert prompts Jeffrey Tayler to wonder about the passage of time and the fate of history
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