 | 186. As mentioned above, a glossy album of some of Mao's personal effects, mostly selected because they exhibited the frugality of their owner, was produced in 1993. This book contains pictures of such diverse objects as Mao's 1950s Zhongnanhai gate pass, items of clothing (Mao jackets, caps, overcoats, shoes, slippers, socks, scarf, pajamas, belt), bedding (pillows, quilts, bed), thermos flasks, teacups, sewing kit, TV, writing implements, telephone, a special humidor made for handmade cigars, sleeping pills, water bottles, combs, glasses, Beijing opera records, a mah-jongg set, Ping-Pong table, rackets, and balls. See Zhongnanhai huace bianji weiyuanhui, ed.,
Pingfan yu weida.
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| 187. Zhou Jihou, "Mao Zedong xiangzhang xingshuailu."
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| 188. "Zhou Enlai 1969 nian 3 yue zai quanguo jihua gongzuo huiyi jianghua," in Li Ping,
Wengezhongde Zhou Enlai.
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| 189. See Qijibu 519 Bingtuan,
519 zhanbao.
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| 190. Opened in April 1992, "Mao Badge City" was also a major commercial dealer in badges. See Zhou Jihou,
Mao Zedong xiangzhang zhi mishijie dijiu da qiguan,
p. 268.
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| 191. Ibid.
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| 192. See Sang Ye, "Zai Beijingde yitian." This last slogan had been popularized by Mao during a movement enjoining the nation to learn from the PLA martyr Wang Jie in the 1960s. Regarding these T-shirts, see Barmé, "Culture at Large," p. 15.
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| 193. See Liu Xuesong, "Mao Zedong shaoxiang ke `baoan pixie' ma?," p. 96, and p. 97 for an illustration of the T-shirt.
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| 194. Produced for the 1993 centenary, the calendar features Mao for the twelve months of 1994 and Deng for 1995. See "Huainian Mao Zedong ganji Deng Xiaoping 1994-1995," designed by Wang Wangwang, text written by Sun Jin.
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| 195. It should be noted in the context of contemporary Mao artifacts that the present essay was written with the aid of a "Mao's Pad" mouse pad. Produced by China Books and Periodicals in San Francisco, the "Mao's Pad" is a red foam rubber pad festooned in black with a portrait of the young (Edgar Snow) Mao framed by seven Mao quotes. These include old favorites such as: "Who are our enemies? Who are our friends?" (from "Analysis of the Classes in Chinese Society''); "Don't wait until problems pile up and cause a lot of trouble before trying to solve them" (from "Contract on a Seasonal Basis"); and "You can't solve a problem? Well, get down and investigate the present facts and its past history!" (from "Oppose Book Worship"). My thanks to Naomi Jaivin for sponsoring my "Mao's Pad."
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| 196. See, for example, Yin Zhao, "Weinisi yingzhan zuijia nü yanyuan Gong Li rongyao xiangei Shandong xiangqin."
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| 197. See Barmé, "The Greying of Chinese Culture," ch. 13.
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