TO GO WITH: China-heritage-lifestyle-hobby, FOCUS by Peter Catterall with Mary Yang
In this photo taken on September 8, 2024, a friend of former soldier and Mao memorabilia collector Feng Gang loads a statue of late Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong into a car in Baotou, in China’s northern Inner Mongolia region, before a journey to Beijing. China has in recent decades witnessed a resurgence of nostalgia for the Mao era -- despite its horrors -- due in part to its utopian official outlook and fervent patriotic spirit. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP) / TO GO WITH: China-heritage-lifestyle-hobby, FOCUS by Peter Catterall with Mary Yang