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Tuesday, July 12, 2011     GET REAL

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.




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