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China's Mao nostalgia surges among youth who never lived under him — Sep 6, 2026Amid China’s slowing economy and growing inequality, nostalgia for Mao Zedong’s egalitarian era is rising, with sites like Nanjie’s Maoist village and Dazhai’s Mao-praised past drawing tourists and sparking renewed public interest. While official CHina acknowledges the Cultural Revolution as a grave mistake, residents and visitors alike continue to revere Mao’s legacy and the period’s communal ideals, often through imagery and cooperative ownership that funded housing and local enterprises.

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Dana Whitfield Inequality is real and people want answers, but romanticizing Mao skips over the human cost of that era entirely.

Gao Zhen is sentenced for 'insulting heroes' — Aug 25, 2026China sentenced artist Gao Zhen, 70, to three years in prison for “insulting heroes” over provocative Mao Zedong sculptures, a move rights groups say retroactively applies a vague law to his 2005–2009 work and suppresses artistic expression. Gao plans to appeal while his detention and family travel bans draw international condemnation from Amnesty International and CHRD, highlighting concerns about political repression and due process.

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