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In this July 31, 2014, file photo, a woman looks at a menu with words &quot;everyday half-price&quot; in front of a KFC fast food restaurant in Beijing. The official Xinhua News Agency says fast food chain KFC launched its first &quot;Lei Feng Spirit&quot; restaurant in Lei's home province of Hunan on Tuesday, March 5, 2019, the official remembrance day for the soldier who died in 1962 at the age of 21. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

KFC dedicates China restaurant to memory of Communist hero

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CAPTION CORRECTION CORRECTS OPENING DAY: FILE - In this March 5, 1997, file photo, Chinese wait outside a movie theater featuring a poster promoting a movie about Lei Feng, a soldier in the 1960's who was promoted to hero and model soldier status by Chinese authorities, in Beijing. The official Xinhua News Agency said the company launched its first “Lei Feng Spirit” restaurant in Lei’s home province of Hunan on Sunday, ahead of Tuesday’s official remembrance day for the soldier who died in 1962 at the age of 21. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, File)

KFC honors Lei Feng Spirit, Communist hero, with China restaurant

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Lei Feng, a half-real, half-fabricated man depicted by the Chinese government as the communist model soldier, has become a political icon. (Associated Press)

Inside China: Lei Feng and China’s zeitgeist

By Miles Yu