Snow wrote that, “If the whole human race is assembled and Mao’s name is thrown at them, one quarter [i.e. the population of China] will bow with veneration. One quarter [i.e. Western anti- Communists ...
In the 1980s, the government banned the export of the breed in attempts to salvage it ... Bred for agricultural work originally, they are now used as driving and riding mounts in more urban settings.