Gavin Healy @gavinhealy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026My article in this month’s issue of @historytoday.com!History Today@historytoday.comFor the thousands of foreign visitors who travelled behind the ‘bamboo curtain’ to visit Mao’s China, hospitality workers were unofficial ambassadors for the new socialist state, and the state knew it. 🔒 Gavin Healy’s cover article is now in the archive buff.ly/Qrllknxbuff.lyVisiting Mao’s ChinaFor the thousands of foreign visitors who travelled behind the ‘bamboo curtain’ to visit Mao’s China, hospitality workers – guides, drivers, waiters, chambermaids – were unofficial ambassadors for the... 000
