Those who thought that Dylan was going to get up on stage in Beijing to harangue the CCP and then lead the crowd in a singalong of “Ai Shall be Released” were seriously kidding themselves.
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An article in the Global Times about How to Marry a Billionaire causes Yajun to wonder about the cost of equating money with love in today’s China. Is our lasting image of Zhou Enlai to be the smooth, urbane diplomat showing up for talks in Geneva in a tailored-suit, silk tie, and a fedora, exchanging quips about the French Revolution? Or will it be the Zhou Enlai standing on top of Tiananmen with a red armband and a little red book, screeching in a high-pitched hysterical frenzy, “Long Live Chairman Mao!” as hordes of fanatical teenagers chant in the square and the Chairman looks on in approval? I highly recommend Ian Johnson’s review of the post-revisions National Museum of China. “Few countries can compete with China in so completely suppressing the shades of gray about their past.” |
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