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KAWS Artwork of Chairman Mao Triggers Massive Outcry in China

by Sarah Rose Sharp October 4, 2019October 3, 2019

After former KAWS fans burned their merch, the artwork, which was slated to go to auction at Sotheby’s Hong Kong on October 7, was taken down from the auction house’s website.

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Chinese Officials Seize Mao Zedong Bust Filled With Narcotics

Avatar photo by Zachary Small May 8, 2019

Police arrested three people on suspicion of trafficking more than $150,000 worth of drugs, some of which was hidden inside the Communist leader’s noggin.

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Communist China’s Cheery Propaganda Posters

Avatar photo by Carey Dunne January 14, 2016January 14, 2016

In the thousands of propaganda posters produced in China between the birth of the People’s Republic in 1949 and the early 1980s, the beaming face of Chairman Mao Zedong watches over a surreal utopia.

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