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Chinese museum buys iconic Mao painting

Last Updated: Friday, September 29, 2006 | 10:11 AM ET
CBC Arts

China's National Museum has purchased an portrait of former leader Mao Zedong, saving it from auction, according state media.

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Link to earlier story: http://ltmurnau.livejournal.com/109033.html

So hey, I'm about out of stories. Why don't you ask me some questions?

My co-worker Thorne just got back from a month in China. Before he left I asked him half-jokingly to pick me up any cheap bits of Commie kitsch he might find. Surprise, surprise, he found this in a stall in Beijing and brought it back:



It's completely mechanical, needs winding constantly, and probably won't ever keep proper time.
B-but Mao's little arm waves back and forth to beat time in counting off the seconds until the ultimate triumph of the Mass Line!
A-and the second hand has a little red star on the end!

I am so happy with this I'm squirming inside.
Oh, wait, that's last night's pork....