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Fan's gift to Mao on 120th b'day: 120 portraits
(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-08-11 11:08 A 61-year-old man in Changsha, capital of Hunan province, has made thousands of portraits of Chairman Mao Zedong over the past 43 years. Cao Xuwen, a retired publicity carder, started drawing Mao's portraits in 1960s, when he was a People's Liberation Army soldier. Many of the portraits have been published in newspapers and magazines, some have even been displayed in Chinese museums. Clearly a big fan of the former Chinese leader, Cao said he plans to make 120 more portraits of his idol for his 120th birthday in December. (Changsha Evening News) |
