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In 1977, a year after Chairman Mao’s death, there were only 300-odd museums (in China). Most of them were little more than displays of Communist Party propaganda. Within a decade, say official press reports, the number had grown to nearly 830. By the turn of the century there were more than 2,000 of them. By 2015, officials estimate, there will be around 3,000.

Read full article (The Economist, June 14, 2007)

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