tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460763765741478786.post2516686299818428918..comments2024-03-07T06:10:54.256-08:00Comments on Andis Kaulins in China: Wuxi Tony Update #341: Cultural Revolution Redux Restaurant with the Gr...wuxi andishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10726482489913497129noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460763765741478786.post-81460054085599101202011-03-11T20:03:21.297-08:002011-03-11T20:03:21.297-08:00Part of it is making light of it. Part of it is n...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.<br /><br />In fact, in Russia, many pine for the days of Communism and think Stalin was a great guy.<br /><br />Even the worse leaders have their admirers.wuxi andishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726482489913497129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460763765741478786.post-16566949621838329332011-03-11T07:40:00.089-08:002011-03-11T07:40:00.089-08:00That is really, really...odd.
Those years of uphe...That is really, really...odd.<br /><br />Those years of upheaval seemed so traumatic to so many in China. <br /><br />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?Colin Corneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13186175030747547595noreply@blogger.com