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Photographer's mission to remember Mao

By NBC News' Bo Gu BEIJING – Thirty-three years after his death, Mao Zedong is still a god to many in China. And you can see him everywhere. He's mostly standing, in a military uniform or a long buttoned-up winter coat, sometimes wearing his symbol... ...full story at NBC World Blog

from NBC World Blog on Tue, Oct 27 2009

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