Grand entranceway of the renovated National Museum of China. Photo by Kirk Denton, Nov. 2011.

The “Founding of the People’s Republic” exhibit in Road to Revival. Photo by Kirk Denton, Nov. 2011.

Mao-era modernization exhibit in Road to Revival. Photo by Kirk Denton, Nov. 2011.

The “For the Great Revival of the Chinese People” sculpture (foreground) and the Contemporary Resplendence mural (background) at the National Museum of China. Photo by Kirk Denton, Nov. 2011.

Sculpture of Confucius in the outdoor courtyard of the National Museum of China. Photo by Kirk Denton, Nov. 2011.



Policeman guarding the southern entrance of the Forbidden City in Beijing, known as the Tiananmen (Gate of Heavenly Peace), dominated by a giant portrait of Mao Zedong.

