An exhibit of Mao Zedong (left) on his intensive study of rural conditions in his native province. Mao wrote his seminal “Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan,” in which he predicted that the peasant masses would soon rise up and sweep away the old, feudal system of land ownership that exploited and oppressed them.
Felicia Escandon (left) with a college student at the Hunan First Normal School where Mao Zedong studied. The student shown above spoke English really well; she and Felicia are now pen-pals. The student explained that Americans are more open minded and kind, less rushed, with more opportunity in the future. The Concordia tour group gave presentations on US politics, pop culture, government, and history. Afterwards, the students told Felicia that they learned so much about America just from this one meeting. When the college students gave presentations on Mao Zedong's legacy, they didn't mention the Great Leap Forward or the Cultural Revolution: they "didn't want to wave dirty laundry in front of clean foreigners" perhaps for politeness or presentation of their homeland.
An urban restaurant located in Changsha featuring Keith Haring's artistic flare.
