Thursday, March 10, 2011

Wuxi Tony Update #341: Cultural Revolution Redux Restaurant with the Gr...

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  1. Colin CorneauMarch 11, 2011 at 7:40 AM

    That is really, really...odd.

    Those years of upheaval seemed so traumatic to so many in China.

    Do you think this is a way to deal with that time, that by making light of it the people can come to grips with those memories?

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  2. wuxi andisMarch 11, 2011 at 8:03 PM

    Part of it is making light of it. Part of it is nostalgia. I still see people purposely putting portraits of Chairman Mao in their homes and cars. I have seem portraits of Stalin in restaurants.

    In fact, in Russia, many pine for the days of Communism and think Stalin was a great guy.

    Even the worse leaders have their admirers.

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