On this episode of China Uncensored: Oh oh! It’s a party! A Communist Party! Hi, welcome to China Uncensored, I’m your host Chris Chappell. Today is the 50th anniversary of China’s Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. Just how great was it? Well, it was such a disaster that even the state-run Global Times called it, “painful,” […]
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China’s girl band reopens cultural revolution
SONGS FROM THE MAO ERA. OUR DAN RIVERS HAS THE STORY. >>Reporter: TEENAGE GIRLS BELTING OUT A SONG, WORSHIPPING MAO. SOUNDS A LOT LIKE IT DID 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK USHERING IN A TUMULTUOUS DECADE. ON THIS MILITARY BASE OUTSIDE BEIJING, THESE YOUNG PERFORMERS, CALLED THE 56 FLOWERS, PRACTICED OLD SONGS ABOUT MAO AND […]