Participants swim with a portrait of late Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong in the Hanjiang River, a large branch of the Yangtze River in Xiangyang, Hubei province July 12, 2015. Hundreds of residents took part in the event to celebrate the upcoming 49th anniversary of Mao swimming in the Yangtze River on July 16, 1966, local media reported. The words beside the portrait read, “Swimming champions, be happy and healthy”. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)
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