Mao Zedong loved a good mango. And, necessarily,
so did Chairman Mao’s people, even the very idea of a mango. Written by Vivian Jiang; directed by Kayu Leung; narrated by Pen-Pen Chen.
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After announcing his Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in 1966, Mao Zedong swam across the Yangtze River. Mao had done that 10 years earlier, to prove his vitality, and he hoped it would work again. A Vox video.
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“The food of the true revolutionary is the red pepper. And he who cannot endure red peppers is also unable to fight.” – Mao Zedong (born and raised in Hunan Province, quoted by Otto Braun aka Li De 李德 ).
Read more:
“Why Revolutionaries Love Spicy Food: How the chili pepper got to China.” Andrew Leonard, Nautilus
Related:
“Hot Peppers in China,” Yang Xuanzhang and Li Piao (translated by Nick Angiers), China Scenic
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