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BEIJING — He enjoys generous helpings of red braised pork, collects Chinese fans and keeps an unapologetically patriotic blog.
Now Mao Xinyu, the 39- year-old grandson and only surviving male heir of Mao Tse-tung, has become the youngest major-general in the People’s Liberation Army, according to the state media.
Although his elevation has not been officially announced by the military, the news was reported Thursday by the Changjiang Daily.
A historian trained at the Central Party School and a guardian of Mao Tse-tung political thought, the younger Mao is one of the Great Helmsman’s four grandchildren. Although the official media affords him considerable respect, he is the object of some derision among ordinary Chinese.
