Chinesische Frauen knien Sie sich Respekt vor einer Statue von Mao Zedong während einer Zeremonie der 120. Jahrestag der Geburt von Mao zu gedenken, um zu zeigen
Chinese women kneel down to show respect in front of a statue of Mao Zedong during a ceremony to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the birth of Mao at Mao Zedong Square in Shaoshan, Xiangtan city, central Chinas Hunan province, 25 December 2013. China celebrates the 120th birthday of Mao Zedong, the founder of modern China, on Thursday (25 December 2013), but will be scaling back festivities as President Xi Jinping embarks on broad economic reforms which have unsettled leftists. Mao has become a potent symbol for leftists within the ruling Communist Party who feel that three decades of market-based reform have gone too far, creating social inequalities like a yawning rich-poor gap and pervasive corruption. In venerating Mao, they sometimes seek to put pressure on the current leadership and its market-oriented policies while managing to avoid expressing open dissent. While members of the partys elite inner core, the Politburo Standing Committee, are likely to attend a high-profile event in Beijing to mark the anniversary, activities nationwide have been toned down, according to two sources with ties to the leadership.
