Tag Archives: propaganda

Lei Feng in the age of the microblog

March 5, 2012 is the 50th anniversary of the death of Lei Feng, a legendary PLA soldier who was devoted to Chairman Mao and selflessly serving the people. He is said to have died on March 5, 1962; in 1963 … Continue reading

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Countryside is as good as graduate school

Chongqing Evening News: Chongqing party secretary Bo Xilai’s meeting with university students who had become village-level administrators, telling them “countryside is as good as graduate school”.

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Spoof of “Sparkling Red Star”

From Leitie, post-90s generation girls remake a song from the communist propaganda classic.

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1964 U.S. anti-China propaganda

Red Chinese Battle Plan, "a full throated 1964 U.S. Navy propaganda film about China becoming global Communism’s ‘Second Rome’."

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Don’t ask so laowai don’t have to tell

An essay was written by Geremie Barmé, scholar, filmmaker and author of the new book The Forbidden City.

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Hu Jintao is also grandpa

‘Grandpa’ Hu Jintao welcomes children from the earthquake zone to Zhongnanhai.

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More on the 50 cent army

More on China’s ‘fifty cent army’ of online propagandists.

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A younger, thinner and taller president

A painting portrays China’s leaders in the earthquake zone.

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Saccharine propaganda

A Youtube music video: ‘Don’t be too CNN’.

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Hip hop user generated propaganda

Already a hit on Sina.com, this user generated hip hop propaganda video is now on Youtube.

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