{"id":266,"date":"2007-06-03T15:20:46","date_gmt":"2007-06-03T20:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.froginawell.net\/china\/2007\/06\/the-chairman-is-pleased\/"},"modified":"2014-08-30T13:40:04","modified_gmt":"2014-08-30T13:40:04","slug":"the-chairman-is-pleased","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/froginawell.net\/frog\/2007\/06\/the-chairman-is-pleased\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chairman is pleased"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mao<\/p>\n

How is the cult of Mao doing? Well, this is a statue of the Great Helmsman at Yuhuashan in Nanjing. It is part of a rather temporary-looking exhibit on his life under the revolutionary memorial. The exhibit itself is not much of a plug for his continued importance. There is a barker outside urging you to come in, and the signs all emphasize that it’s free, unlike special areas at a lot of Chinese monuments. There are a bunch of pictures and text and stuff like that and this statue. As you can see, the Chairman is smoking, as he often was. He has a real cigarette in his hand and on the table in front of him are a bunch more, which I think are offerings. They are all different brands, and there is a break in the chain that surrounds that statue so you can go up and offer him one, not that I saw anyone do that. So, Chinese people may no longer be willing to offer their red, red hearts to Chairman Mao, but some of them will at least bum him a smoke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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