When I first came to Guangzhou in 1981, it seemed such a hard and dour place with everyone in Chairman Mao uniforms.

Remember the words of Chairman Mao: 'It's always darkest before it's totally black.'.

I was Chairman Mao's dog. What he said to bite, I bit.

Remember the words of Chairman Mao: 'It's always darkest before it's totally black.'.

One word from Chairman Mao is worth ten thousand from others. His every statement is truth. We must carry out those we that understand as well as those we don't.

Chairman Mao not only introduced Pinyin in China, but also simplified half the Chinese characters, believing that fewer strokes would enable more people to learn to write the characters.