China’s memories of Mao shift with the times, 50 years after his death

Nostalgia for Mao's egalitarian ideals is growing in China as memories of his turbulent rule fade

The Star MalaysiaAFP2026-09-09 07:00查看原文 ↗

A propaganda mural on a street in Zhoujiazhuang Commune, Jinzhou, in northern China’s Hebei province. Photo: AFP

The crimson flags on Nanjie village's "East is Red" Square hang limp in the sweltering summer heat as a trickle of tourists take photos with a towering statue of Chairman Mao Zedong, still gleaming white almost 50 years after he died.

The Great Helmsman, who died on Sept 9, 1976, is still very much a fixture in central Henan province's Nanjie – often dubbed "China's last Maoist village".

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