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House of Mao: How Consumerism and Patriotism Collide in the Chairman’s Hometown

Shaoshan, Chairman Mao’s birthplace in Hunan province, has become a top tourist site where people burn incense to the revolutionary hero while selling T-shirts of his face

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Fire Down Below

The famous liquor-making town of Maotai is one of several reasons to visit the intoxicating southern province of Guizhou