The place was therefore called Shaoshan-Mount of the Shao Music. A village called Shaoshanchong at the foot of the mountain was where Mao Zedong (1893-1976), the late leader of China was born and ...

We arrived at Shaoshan, and from a distance, I was drawn to the towering 36-metre-high bronze statue of Mao. The statue was erected to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Chairman Mao's birth.

In a landmark event yesterday morning, the first statue of Mao Zedong outside of China was unveiled at the Chairman Mao Zedong High School in Otjomuise. The school, which was established in 2016 ...