Mao memorabilia

Teaching us Brits how to queue

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July 28th 2010
Apparently Tian'anmen square is the biggest 'square' of its type - while it looks pretty large I am not convinced that it necessarily is the worlds largest but where China does seem to beat the rest of us hands down is with their queues and all round crowd control. Popped in to see Chairman Mao - apparently he has been pickled - he was bathed in this strange orange light and thousands of peopl ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more