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When Red Fades to Pink
612 Guangdong Rd., Shanghai
In this humble shop, a portrait of Mao hangs from a beam. For many Chinese, Mao has become a kind of household deity, believed to possess protective powers if one shows him proper reverence. Yet the irony lingers: were Mao still alive, the owner of this very shop would never have been permitted to live or work in Shanghai, let alone rent a space and run a private business. Perhaps the shopkeeper’s red devotion is less than devout — and fittingly, the whole shop seems to have faded into a softer, almost pink hue.
When Red Fades to Pink
612 Guangdong Rd., Shanghai
In this humble shop, a portrait of Mao hangs from a beam. For many Chinese, Mao has become a kind of household deity, believed to possess protective powers if one shows him proper reverence. Yet the irony lingers: were Mao still alive, the owner of this very shop would never have been permitted to live or work in Shanghai, let alone rent a space and run a private business. Perhaps the shopkeeper’s red devotion is less than devout — and fittingly, the whole shop seems to have faded into a softer, almost pink hue.