{"id":11695,"date":"2026-04-28T07:07:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnp.com.pk\/?p=11695"},"modified":"2026-04-28T13:39:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T13:39:03","slug":"president-zardari-visits-shaoshan-pays-tribute-to-chairman-mao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/president-zardari-visits-shaoshan-pays-tribute-to-chairman-mao\/","title":{"rendered":"President Zardari visits Shaoshan, pays tribute to Chairman Mao"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SHAOSHAN: President Asif Ali Zardari visited Shaoshan, the hometown of Mao Zedong, where he laid a wreath at the statue of the revered Chinese revolutionary leader and paid rich tribute to his legacy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11698\" src=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mao2-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>During the visit, the President also toured the Mao Zedong Memorial Museum, gaining insight into China\u2019s revolutionary history and the life and contributions of Chairman Mao.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11700\" src=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mao-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The visit underscored the enduring historical bonds between Pakistan and China, as well as mutual respect for each other\u2019s national heroes and heritage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11701\" src=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mao3-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"648\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SHAOSHAN: President Asif Ali Zardari visited Shaoshan, the hometown of Mao Zedong, where he laid a wreath at the statue of the revered Chinese revolutionary leader and paid rich tribute to his legacy. During the visit, the President also toured the Mao Zedong Memorial Museum, gaining insight into China\u2019s revolutionary history and the life and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,81,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","category-china","category-diplomatic-missions","category-foreign-missions","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11695"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85768,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11695\/revisions\/85768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}