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Everyone that left or escaped Maoist China has an opinion of the mainland that is fixed in time, and is used to shape perception and policy towards the mainland

• seanmcdirmid 10y ago
  Well, China reinforces its Maoist image from time to time with goose stepping military parades that seem archaic today; then there is the bizarre censorship, and have you ever seen the cult of personality news cast at 7PM on CCTV? China does itself no favors in trying to shape a more modern updated perception of itself on the outside.
  • elastic_church 10y ago
    The only people that care live in a SAR or America. Okay that was an exaggeration, I would say the mainland sentiment isn't greatly concerned with the game of nations and are content with the role the grand administrators have assumed. I think it is a preoccupation of western minds, more so than of the minds of the people that actually live there.
    • seanmcdirmid 10y ago
      If they do care, they definitely are messing it up. But you are right: almost all of China's posturing is for domestic consumption and thye are probably very unconcerned with their international image. china presents an image that is almost North Korean to the rest of the world, even though this is far from the truth. The current leadership, which came of age during the cultural revolution, is even worse than the previous leaders in this regard, and they probably don't realize how bad they look (with the fake hair dye, but everything else also).