Mao jacket

(mou)

A plain, high-collared, shirtlike jacket customarily worn by Mao Zedong and the people of China during his regime.

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Mao jacket - a light weight jacket with a high collar; worn by Mao Zedong and the Chinese people during his regime

jacket - a short coat

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He is famous for his works that show a cat in a Mao jacket, a comical depiction of Mao Zedong, the founder of Communist China.

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But the real revolution begins when a friend asks her to make a Mao jacket, and everyone else begins wanting one, too.

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An estimated 300,000 shells were used in displays, including a depiction of China's railway to Tibet - which used trails of erupting gunpowder on a seven-storey hanging screen, As part of the night's finale, Hu, wearing a Mao jacket instead of his usual suit, and other top leaders descended from theVIP platform on to the square.They held hands and sang Ode To The Motherland along with the performers.

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The fragments of old fabrics from India and Egypt, the Japanese kimono, the Mao jacket from China and the works of fabric art displayed in the exhibit don't begin to exhaust blueness.

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