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More than 50 swimmers swim across Dagong River, holding high a cutout portrait of Chairman Mao to celebrate the 51th anniversary of Chairman Mao Zedon Stock Photo - Alamy
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South China Morning Post - Swimmers read “Mao Zedong's Thought” as they prepare to plunge into the Songhua River to mark the second anniversary of Mao's swim in the Yangtze on July
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