Mao concerts split Australian Chinese community

Concerts planned to honour Mao Zedong in Australia on the 40th anniversary of his death have been cancelled amid warnings they could spark disturbances, illustrating a generational divide in the Chinese community over the Communist icon's legacy. Despite Chinese government recriminations over the brutal decade of mayhem he unleashed, Mao's appeal has not diminished among diehard loyalists both at home and among migrant communities.