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Reading about the peasants' life during the Cultural Revolution plays out a very similar narrative, down to Mao's very corny propaganda.

happyscrappy 13y ago
And it still goes on. China just celebrated Mao and Russians in Crimea were holding up signs praising Stalin a few weeks ago, madness.
- seanmcdirmid 13y ago
  Wait, did I miss a Mao day recently? The trade union handed out huge Deng Xiao ping books a couple of months ago...not exactly celebrating Mao.
  - happyscrappy 13y ago
    It was his 120th birthday celebration a few months ago, with officials praising him. Whether they actually believe what they say is another question, but you can hardly blame them for not going against the party.
    - seanmcdirmid 13y ago
      Whenever someone emphasizes Deng at the same time people are discussing Mao, you can tell that their are elements in the party that are trying to emphasize that China's way forward is more inspired by Deng than Mao. But this is because there are two factions in the party: the moderates (Deng-like) and the leftists (Mao-like); the moderates have dominated for a long time.
- doktrin 13y ago
  > Russians in Crimea were holding up signs praising Stalin a few weeks ago, madness. I can't find any mention of this through a casual google search. If true, that's quite shocking.
  - happyscrappy 13y ago
    The one I saw had women holding the signs but I can't find it but I did find this one: http://www.thestar.com.my/~/media/Images/TSOL/Photos-Gallery/Reuters%20World/2014/03/09/20140308T121658Z_1_CBREA270Y4C00_RTROPTP_4_UKRAINECRISISRUSSIA.ashx/ http://www.thestar.com.my/~/media/Images/TSOL/Photos-Gallery... Edit: Here it is https://www.google.com/search?q=pro-russians+in+crimea+stalin&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=vYFaU97jFaiX2QWa1IHABA&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1162&bih=554 https://www.google.com/search?q=pro-russians+in+crimea+stali...
- bnp 13y ago
  And even in South Africa : http://mg.co.za/article/2014-03-13-soap-box-how-malema-became-maolema http://mg.co.za/article/2014-03-13-soap-box-how-malema-becam...

happyscrappy 13y ago

And it still goes on. China just celebrated Mao and Russians in Crimea were holding up signs praising Stalin a few weeks ago, madness.

seanmcdirmid 13y ago
Wait, did I miss a Mao day recently? The trade union handed out huge Deng Xiao ping books a couple of months ago...not exactly celebrating Mao.
- happyscrappy 13y ago
  It was his 120th birthday celebration a few months ago, with officials praising him. Whether they actually believe what they say is another question, but you can hardly blame them for not going against the party.
  - seanmcdirmid 13y ago
    Whenever someone emphasizes Deng at the same time people are discussing Mao, you can tell that their are elements in the party that are trying to emphasize that China's way forward is more inspired by Deng than Mao. But this is because there are two factions in the party: the moderates (Deng-like) and the leftists (Mao-like); the moderates have dominated for a long time.
doktrin 13y ago
> Russians in Crimea were holding up signs praising Stalin a few weeks ago, madness. I can't find any mention of this through a casual google search. If true, that's quite shocking.
- happyscrappy 13y ago
  The one I saw had women holding the signs but I can't find it but I did find this one: http://www.thestar.com.my/~/media/Images/TSOL/Photos-Gallery/Reuters%20World/2014/03/09/20140308T121658Z_1_CBREA270Y4C00_RTROPTP_4_UKRAINECRISISRUSSIA.ashx/ http://www.thestar.com.my/~/media/Images/TSOL/Photos-Gallery... Edit: Here it is https://www.google.com/search?q=pro-russians+in+crimea+stalin&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=vYFaU97jFaiX2QWa1IHABA&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1162&bih=554 https://www.google.com/search?q=pro-russians+in+crimea+stali...
bnp 13y ago
And even in South Africa : http://mg.co.za/article/2014-03-13-soap-box-how-malema-became-maolema http://mg.co.za/article/2014-03-13-soap-box-how-malema-becam...