tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50286674701443846.post8046896803796781151..comments2023-09-22T18:20:19.461+02:00Comments on Beijing Notebook: Chairman Mao Imitation- Susan -http://www.blogger.com/profile/00041505753618457001noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50286674701443846.post-23409792784119859692007-06-24T04:33:00.000+02:002007-06-24T04:33:00.000+02:00Maybe the 'Mao Nostalgia' is the foreigner's fault...Maybe the 'Mao Nostalgia' is the foreigner's fault ?<BR/>They buy all these Mao sculptures, paintings, posters and photographs as souvenirs from China. And the Chinese keep producing it.<BR/><BR/>Of course Mr. Mao looks more photogenic and friendly as Mr. A.H. from Austria or Mr. Stalin but I would not like to have one of them in my house, on my wall or on my desk.- Susan -https://www.blogger.com/profile/00041505753618457001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50286674701443846.post-37206700936797377282007-06-23T03:46:00.000+02:002007-06-23T03:46:00.000+02:00As a long time traveler in and observer of China, ...As a long time traveler in and observer of China, I would say that those who feel left behind in today's China have a strong nostalgia for the old Mao days when<BR/>everyone was equally poor. The beneficiaries view Mao as rather a joke.<BR/><BR/>Example from a few years back. At a tourist spot in Xian there was a<BR/>huge display of Mao buttons. My friend's comment "that's ridiculous. The girl sitting on a stool noted that her brother had made it. OopsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com