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Chairman Mao's bodyguard and confidant dies aged 99

Yuwen Wu from the 大象传媒's Chinese Service reflects on Wang Dongxing's legacy.

(Photo: A retouched picture released by the Chinese official news agency shows Chairman Mao Zedong surrounded by his bodyguards, swimming in the Yangtze river on 16 July 1966. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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