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Andy Warhol’s Mao sold for HK$98.5 million, or about $12.7 million, to a private collector at a Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong on Sunday. The painting fetched less than the $15 million pre-sale ceiling price, but still increased in value from its previous sale. The name of the winning collector has not been revealed. The piece, which is signed by the artist, was made with acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas and measures 50 by 42 inches. Warhol began his silk-screen portraits of former Chinese leader Chairman Mao Zedong in 1972 and based the series on an photo portrait of Mao that he found in the 'Little Red Book' Chinese officials had previously stopped any sales of Warhol's paintings of the former Chinese leader on Chinese territory, as the government strictly controls images of Mao, so this auction represents the first time that one of the iconic Warhol paintings of the former Chairman was sold in China. The portrait last went under the hammer in London three years ago and its value has grown by 20 percent with this latest sale.
Xi Jinping leads a new lineup of top Communist Party officials confirming he has secured a third term as China's leader after a week-long congress. The Chinese president on Sunday promoted his closest allies into the Communist Party's top ruling body, further consolidating his grip on power. IMAGES
The closing ceremony for China's five-yearly Communist Party Congress held in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, with President Xi Jinping likely to seal an unprecedented third term in power. Delegates vote to endorse Xi's "work report" delivered at the Congress's opening last Sunday and rubber-stamped a resolution on the Party's constitution. IMAGES
Beijing, Jul 1 (EFE/EPA).- China's president declared Thursday that the country would never allow any foreign force to "bully, oppress, or subjugate" the nation, which has always worked to "safeguard world peace, contribute to global development, and preserve international order."In an address at Beijing's iconic Tiananmen Square to commemorate the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Xi Jinping, also the secretary general of the CPC Central Committee, told the around 70,000 people gathered there that "no one should underestimate the Chinese people's determination, and strong ability to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity." (Camera: ROMAN PILIPEY).SHOT LIST: A CELEBRATION AT TIANANMEN SQUARE MARKING THE 100TH FOUNDING ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY, IN BEIJING, CHINA.
Beijing, Jul 1 (EFE/EPA).- China's president declared Thursday that the country would never allow any foreign force to "bully, oppress, or subjugate" the nation, which has always worked to "safeguard world peace, contribute to global development, and preserve international order."In an address at Beijing's iconic Tiananmen Square to commemorate the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Xi Jinping, also the secretary general of the CPC Central Committee, told the around 70,000 people gathered there that "no one should underestimate the Chinese people's determination, and strong ability to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity." (Camera: ROMAN PILIPEY).SHOT LIST: A CELEBRATION MARKING THE 100TH FOUNDING ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY, AT THE MEMORIAL OF THE 1ST NATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE CPC (CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY), IN SHANGHAI, CHINA.
Shanghai, Jul 1 (EFE/EPA).- China's president declared Thursday that the country would never allow any foreign force to "bully, oppress, or subjugate" the nation, which has always worked to "safeguard world peace, contribute to global development, and preserve international order."In an address at Beijing's iconic Tiananmen Square to commemorate the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Xi Jinping, also the secretary general of the CPC Central Committee, told the around 70,000 people gathered there that "no one should underestimate the Chinese people's determination, and strong ability to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity." (Camera: ALEX PLAVEVSKI).SHOT LIST: A CELEBRATION MARKING THE 100TH FOUNDING ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY, AT THE MEMORIAL OF THE 1ST NATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE CPC (CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY), IN SHANGHAI, CHINA.
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