Mao Tse-Tung Receives A Gift: - Mao Tse-tung, Chairman of the Central People's Government Council, receiving a gift from a representative of South West China at a meeting of national minorities in Peking. It is reported that within the territory of the People's Republic of China, and as part of the population of 450 million, there are some 175 "national minorities". October 3, 1951. (Photo by Camera Press Ltd).