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Mao's birthplace in Shaoshan, a center of 'red tourism': 'It's an enriching experience for my education'

'Mao's Fraught Legacy' (6/7). Mao Zedong's birthplace swiftly became a site of memory. Each year, 12 million Chinese people, from schoolchildren to retirees, travel there to pay their respects, learn the history of the Communist Party, or simply for entertainment.

Mao's birthplace in Shaoshan, a center of 'red tourism': 'It's an enriching experience for my education'

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Putin says Europe is 'preparing for war'

As the West continues to denounce Russian aggression in Ukraine and to support Kyiv with a host of economic and military measures, Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Nato is expanding its…

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