Mao Zedong
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![Verkündung der Republik vor dem Tor des Himmlischen Friedens, 1949](https://www.swissinfo.ch/content/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/09/7915034879c68f47e36c889b57227bcd-2cwbb1d-data.jpg)
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![Mao and Nixon](https://www.swissinfo.ch/content/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/09/2db601ed2e65bf6782ebbed50b0bd83e-2cegwx9-data.jpg)
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