Word: mao
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Terrill said that his book aims to present a balanced account of Mao as an individual...
...There is a hunger in China for Mao as a human being,” Terrill said, adding that many Chinese are fascinated by the personal details of Mao’s life that have not typically been part of the nation’s public discourse...
Terrill added that he happened across a department store window in Shanghai featuring a mannequin advertising green silk pajamas. That model was none other than Chairman Mao...
...There is great pride [in China] that Mao is world famous and that he is Chinese, but they don’t deny that he did a lot of damage,” he said...
Ronald Suleski, assistant director of the Fairbank Center, said he believed that much of the nostalgia for Mao comes from the younger generation. It is this group, Terrill said, who might be buying those green silk pajamas...