Photo Daily: Mao and the Beautiful Game

Statue of Mao Zedong, Shenyang, China.

Statue of Mao Zedong in Shenyang, China.

Photo credit: bluerondo on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion Photo Pool.

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Tom Dunmore is the founder of Pitch Invasion. Originally from Brighton, England, he's now resident in Chicago. He is also the editor of XI Quarterly and the author of a Historical Dictionary of Soccer. Follow Tom @tomdunmore on Twitter.