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                    "title": "Refocusing Photography: China at the Millenium",
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                "description": "(Karen Smith)",
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        "did_you_know": "What we call the Mao suit was first advocated in the 1910s by Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, who wanted to create a national dress for China.",
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