Comments on: Cultural Revolution Propaganda Part 3 http://benross.net/wordpress/cultural-revolution-propaganda-part-3/2009/01/17/ Urban Sociology and Urbanism, in China and North America Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:41:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: The Russian-speaking guy (sort of) http://benross.net/wordpress/cultural-revolution-propaganda-part-3/2009/01/17/comment-page-1/#comment-54078 The Russian-speaking guy (sort of) Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:06:59 +0000 http://benross.net/wordpress/cultural-revolution-propaganda-part-3/2009/01/17/#comment-54078 Well I don't fluently speak Russian but I can deduct that it does not say 'Stalingrad' there (sixth from top). Well I don’t fluently speak Russian but I can deduct that it does not say ‘Stalingrad’ there (sixth from top).

]]> By: Last Hermit http://benross.net/wordpress/cultural-revolution-propaganda-part-3/2009/01/17/comment-page-1/#comment-41172 Last Hermit Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:05:27 +0000 http://benross.net/wordpress/cultural-revolution-propaganda-part-3/2009/01/17/#comment-41172 This '抓' means 'focus on'. So '抓革命' should be 'Focus on the Revolution'. This ‘抓’ means ‘focus on’. So ‘抓革命’ should be ‘Focus on the Revolution’.

]]> By: Lily Li http://benross.net/wordpress/cultural-revolution-propaganda-part-3/2009/01/17/comment-page-1/#comment-40458 Lily Li Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:14:09 +0000 http://benross.net/wordpress/cultural-revolution-propaganda-part-3/2009/01/17/#comment-40458 Hello, Ben there is a funny thing about Chairman Mao that i heard about recently. when Chairman Mao classified 5 harmful animals, sparrow was one of them. So Chairman Mao's command is to kill all sparrows. The unique way to do it was they brought out all kinds of drums and gongs, and made as much noise as they can everywhere in China. Sparrows cannot stand noise for some reason, and then they need to fly to other places, but there are noises all over China, so they have no where to fly to.........and it ended up to they were all too tired and died......... Ask a person who is over 60 years old in China, and he/she will tell you. The first time I heard about this, I was thinking maybe he was joking Chairman Mao, but I heard that again........so i guess it is true... Though Maozedong did something bad or even very stup1d, his achievement for Chinese cannot be denied..........when Chinese are talking about his bad things, there is nothing can be compared to his great contribution to China............ Anyway, your blog wrote something i didnot know before... Lily Li Hello, Ben

there is a funny thing about Chairman Mao that i heard about recently.
when Chairman Mao classified 5 harmful animals, sparrow was one of them. So Chairman Mao’s command is to kill all sparrows. The unique way to do it was they brought out all kinds of drums and gongs, and made as much noise as they can everywhere in China. Sparrows cannot stand noise for some reason, and then they need to fly to other places, but there are noises all over China, so they have no where to fly to………and it ended up to they were all too tired and died………
Ask a person who is over 60 years old in China, and he/she will tell you. The first time I heard about this, I was thinking maybe he was joking Chairman Mao, but I heard that again……..so i guess it is true…
Though Maozedong did something bad or even very stup1d, his achievement for Chinese cannot be denied……….when Chinese are talking about his bad things, there is nothing can be compared to his great contribution to China…………
Anyway, your blog wrote something i didnot know before…

Lily Li

]]> By: Leslie Forman http://benross.net/wordpress/cultural-revolution-propaganda-part-3/2009/01/17/comment-page-1/#comment-40334 Leslie Forman Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:00:37 +0000 http://benross.net/wordpress/cultural-revolution-propaganda-part-3/2009/01/17/#comment-40334 Thanks for posting these! I used the second to last one to illustrate an article about microfinance during Cultural Revolution on the Wokai Adventures blog. My colleague Hongqing suggested a different translation for this slogan, "Reach for Your Potential in the Great Country!" Here's the link: http://wokai.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/01/from-the-cultural-revolution-to-wokai-my-microfinance-journey-.html I really enjoy reading your blog. Thank you for all the great photos and anecdotes. Leslie Thanks for posting these! I used the second to last one to illustrate an article about microfinance during Cultural Revolution on the Wokai Adventures blog. My colleague Hongqing suggested a different translation for this slogan, “Reach for Your Potential in the Great Country!”

Here’s the link: http://wokai.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/01/from-the-cultural-revolution-to-wokai-my-microfinance-journey-.html

I really enjoy reading your blog. Thank you for all the great photos and anecdotes.

Leslie

]]> By: James http://benross.net/wordpress/cultural-revolution-propaganda-part-3/2009/01/17/comment-page-1/#comment-40248 James Sun, 18 Jan 2009 01:04:55 +0000 http://benross.net/wordpress/cultural-revolution-propaganda-part-3/2009/01/17/#comment-40248 These are fantastic. It's amazing how much China has changed in such a short time. These are fantastic. It’s amazing how much China has changed in such a short time.

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