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 Chinese Authorities Give Propaganda a BoostPosted on May 4, 2011
China’s propaganda machine is getting a powerful kick-start as the government tries to focus the country’s citizens on the virtues of communism via “Red tourism,” which includes, among other things, musical broadcasts praising the leading party, complete with sing-along lyrics in newspapers. —ARK
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By SarcastiCanuck, May 5, 2011 at 12:46 pm Link to this comment
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Oh boy,the Cultural Revolution Part Deux.Mao was a megalomaniac who in true hindsight was very cruel to most of his own people.I think a vacation spent breaking bottles over my head would be more enjoyable.
Report thisBy RenZo, May 5, 2011 at 11:25 am Link to this comment
OH NO. The Chinese are soooo sophomoric - restarting progaganda again. They should read more Gramsci and Chomsky and watch more Murdoch (the word for fox in Mandarin is ?) to learn how to do it better.
Report thisBy Inherit The Wind, May 5, 2011 at 4:00 am Link to this comment
Oh, No!
It’s the return of “Bad Chinese Opera”!
(SNL nailed that one 25 or 30 years ago).
This is supposed to BOOST tourism???? Here’s what it’s like: Visit Russia or Ukraine and find a tour guide who never got over the fall of the Soviet system (they are still out there) Then take a tour with them.
You’ll never want to return to that place again, and you’ll tell all your friends to stay away. Happened to me in Odessa (which looks like Brooklyn). If I never go there again it will not bother me a bit.
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