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This photo taken on September 27, 2017 shows statues of late Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong, at a stall in the "East is Red Square", in Nanjie village, in China's central Henan province. Every year, hundreds of thousands of visitors flock to the hamlet in central Henan province which has become an attraction with its idealised vision of village life right out of the Communist past. While the Communist Party prepares to give a second term to its current supremo, Xi Jinping, at a major congress next week, Nanjie still clings firmly to Mao, while glossing over the turbulence and violence of his rule. / AFP PHOTO / GREG BAKER / TO GO WITH AFP STORY CHINA-POLITICS-TOURISM,FOCUS BY BEN DOOLEY (Photo credit should read GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images)

This photo taken on September 27, 2017 shows statues of late Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong, at a stall in the "East is Red Square", in Nanjie village, in China's central Henan province. Every year, hundreds of thousands of visitors flock to the hamlet in central Henan province which has become an attraction with its idealised vision of village life right out of the Communist past. While the Communist Party prepares to give a second term to its current supremo, Xi Jinping, at a major congress next week, Nanjie still clings firmly to Mao, while glossing over the turbulence and violence of his rule. / AFP PHOTO / GREG BAKER / TO GO WITH AFP STORY CHINA-POLITICS-TOURISM,FOCUS BY BEN DOOLEY (Photo credit should read GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images)
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