Souvenir plates bearing the images of Mao Zedong (left) and Xi Jinping at a shop in Beijing. Before Xi, the term lingxiu was bestowed only on “great leader” Mao and his short-lived successor, “wise leader” Hua Guofeng. Photo: Reuters
Souvenir plates bearing the images of Mao Zedong (left) and Xi Jinping at a shop in Beijing. Before Xi, the term lingxiu was bestowed only on “great leader” Mao and his short-lived successor, “wise leader” Hua Guofeng. Photo: Reuters