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This photo taken on May 28, 2021 shows tourists walking past a statue of late Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong at Orange Isle in Changsha, in China's central Hunan province. - As the Chinese Communist Party prepares to mark its 100th anniversary, a nationwide propaganda campaign has gone into overdrive, aiming to shore up the legitimacy of the party and its President Xi Jinping. - To go with AFP story China-politics-party-anniversary, ADVANCER by Laurie Chen (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP) / To go with AFP story China-politics-party-anniversary, ADVANCER by Laurie Chen (Photo by JADE GAO/AFP via Getty Images)

This photo taken on May 28, 2021 shows tourists walking past a statue of late Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong at Orange Isle in Changsha, in China's central Hunan province. - As the Chinese Communist Party prepares to mark its 100th anniversary, a nationwide propaganda campaign has gone into overdrive, aiming to shore up the legitimacy of the party and its President Xi Jinping. - To go with AFP story China-politics-party-anniversary, ADVANCER by Laurie Chen (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP) / To go with AFP story China-politics-party-anniversary, ADVANCER by Laurie Chen (Photo by JADE GAO/AFP via Getty Images)