Word: mao
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...TRAVEL Beijing's Mao-stalgia House...
...TRAVEL Beijing's Mao-stalgia House...
...When China was under the ultra-rigid control of Chairman Mao?with every adult reporting to a work unit or a nosy neighborhood committee?people could barely get away with bicycle theft. That overly restrained but safe China is now long gone. Big Brother isn't watching so carefully anymore (unless you're a political dissident) and tens of millions of Chinese are on the move, wandering to different parts of the country in search of jobs. Society is all shook up, and anonymity is now possible for the first time, especially in immigrant magnets like Wuhan...
...bedroom apartment of Duan Guocheng, a 29-year-old security guard who lived with his parents. The officers wouldn't tell Duan's mother, Hu Yunxiang, why they were there, but they stayed all night, sitting in her living room where the only decoration is a poster of Chairman Mao. Next morning, Duan came home, peeked in through the window?and took flight. The officers chased him into a vegetable market, but Duan escaped. The police then broke the news to Duan's family that they suspected him of murdering nine women?most of them dressed...
...Wang claims to be the freest-minded author in China but admits that there are many restrictions on what Chinese authors can write about. "I can't mention Mao, the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) or Muslims." He shakes his head when asked whether Mo Yan and Li Rui, two mainland authors favored by American and Swedish sinologists, are as free as he is. "No," he says. "They both love the peasants so much that they start to beautify them. Are Chinese peasants really that nice? Mo Yan and Li Rui are both nostalgic about the poor days of China...