Mao Zedong at a banquet in 1956, and Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy in 1957.
Mao Zedong at a banquet in 1956, and Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy in 1957.
  • A menu signed by Mao Zedong and other officials was sold for $275,000 on Wednesday.
  • It was from 1956, and for the first state banquet hosting Pakistan's then-Prime Minister.
  • Here's what was served at the historic banquet that heralded warmer ties between both nations.

A banquet menu from 1956 signed by former Chinese leader Mao Zedong sold on Wednesday for $275,000, per auction house RR Auction.