Beijing orders up a less-than-spontaneous Maoist revival as the CCP turns 90
One leitmotif stands out as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) gets ready to celebrate its 90th birthday on July 1: the no-holds-barred revival of Maoism, or norms and institutions associated with the late Chairman Mao Zedong.
"Red songs" — a reference to patriotic artistic offerings such as revolutionary operas first popularized by Mao's fearsome wife Jiang Qing — are being featured on prime time TV across the cities.