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26/12/1893 – 09/09/1976
Chinese communist leader. Like Lenin, Chairman Mao's corpse has been embalmed and is on display in a vast purpose built mausoleum which visitors can enter daily. At the time of Mao's death the Chinese didn't have the technology to preserve his body indefinitely, however they copied the soviet technology.
Review by editor  World Reviewer Staff
Beijing has so much to see-The Forbidden City and the Summer Palace are beautiful, sprawling historic monuments, the Temple of Heaven is painstakingly lovely and the hutongs and night markets are a feast for all the senses.You can even make it to The Wall...
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Poor Mao... He only ever wanted to be cremated but instead he was preserved after death, his corpse rolled out for people to look at twice a day,...
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Review by editor  Kat Mackintosh
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