Chinese, Russian travelers celebrate icons on nostalgic Red Tours

CHANGSHA - A tour bus travels along a winding road on the outskirts of Moscow. Onboard, a posse of Chinese tourists, all in their 50s and 60s, sing along to Moscow Nights, a tune produced during the former Soviet Union. The air is thick with nostalgia.

This is a "Red Tour" organized by a travel agency in central China's Hunan province, home of Mao Zedong, according to Shu Liangliang, the tour guide.

Shu has been a tour guide for more than three years, taking Chinese visitors to iconic sites in Russia such as Lenin's tomb, the Kremlin and Red Square.