China appears eager to rid itself of its communist iconography, from propaganda posters to statues of Chairman Mao with his Happy Workers:

Still preferable to collecting porcelain pigs.

There was absolutely no shortage of Mao's Little Red Book in the antiques markets. Thousands upon thousands of copies were for sale, stacked feet high on the street and on shelves - and only tourists, including us, appeared interested:

I imagine they've been going door to door collecting these. And they make a killing off of them.

And sometimes you have to wonder just what they were thinking:

I think we were perfectly justified in being afraid of the Chinese back during the Cold War...

Suffice it to say, I returned with Chairman Mao's wise words, and a couple of interesting posters - I'll post shots some other day.
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