Mao tops the best-sellers

BEIJING - More than two decades after his death, China's late chairman, Mao Zedong, has swept the best-seller lists at a Beijing…

BEIJING - More than two decades after his death, China's late chairman, Mao Zedong, has swept the best-seller lists at a Beijing book fair, the Beijing Youth Daily yesterday said.

A two volume biography of the former Chinese leader, three volumes of his selected works and a book of his poetry took the top three best seller spots at the 96 Beijing Book Fair.

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