Shopping Mall Wants To Rid Itself Of Mao Zedong's Private Jet

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Oct 4th 2008 at 5:02PM

A rather interesting piece of Chinese history is up for sale, the personal jet of legendary leader Mao Zedong. The current owner, the Ridong Group in Zhuhai, near Macao, wants it taken away from outside a shopping mall where it is on display and taking up space that could be used for more parking spaces. The Financial Times reports that the jet, a Trident, was used mainly by Jiang Qing, Mao's last wife and the head of the Gang of Four radicals. The jet was built in Britain and imported with two others in 1969. One was used by the Military Commission and State Council, one by Mao and the third by Lin Biao, Mao's designated successor. The aircraft was bought by Ridong in 1999 to attract shoppers to their mall. Now it stands wrapped in furniture advertising with a big red For Sale sign.

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