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Exhibition Public - USA & Canada
Asia Week New York

Mao's Golden Mangoes and the Cultural Revolution

China Institute
125 East 65th Street,
New York 10065, USA
Sep 18, 2014 To Apr 26, 2015


Detail: In 1968, China was in a brief “mango-fever.” After receiving a gift of mangoes from the Pakistani foreign minister, Mao Zedong sent the fruit to the “Worker-Peasant Mao Zedong Thought Propaganda Teams.” Mangoes, then unfamiliar in China, became a temporary symbol of Chairman Mao’s benevolence and love for the people. This exhibition of mango-related objects explores the interaction of material culture and politics during this period.

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