{"id":3993,"date":"2014-04-21T08:14:08","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T13:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.froginawell.net\/china\/?p=3993"},"modified":"2014-08-30T13:32:07","modified_gmt":"2014-08-30T13:32:07","slug":"socialism-is-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/froginawell.net\/frog\/2014\/04\/socialism-is-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Socialism is good"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finally. Just in time for the end of the semester.<\/p>\n<p>I managed to find an on-line version of Socialism Is Good.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fyVzHJUu9h8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=40&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Well, not just a version. There are lots of fairly standard ones out there.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IwZV0vl7GiE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>but the first one is, I think, one that was recorded back in the 90&#8217;s by the Beijing Modern Art Band or something like that.<sup id=\"rf1-3993\"><a href=\"#fn1-3993\" title=\"I swear that cassette is in one of my boxes downstairs. I really need to dig it out.\" rel=\"footnote\">1<\/a><\/sup> It is a bit more&#8230;.peppy that you might expect. I remember having a long argument with a Chinese friend over whether is was a bunch of cadre kids trying to make the CCP cool, or a bunch of anti-party types mocking one of the great red anthems. I took the later position, but I will have to see what the kids say about it.<\/p>\n<p>I found it, by the way, from an American right-wing site that suggests that<a href=\"http:\/\/rogueoperator.wordpress.com\/2011\/12\/15\/chinese-rock-song-socialism-is-good\/\"> thanks to Obama<\/a> we may all be singing this pretty soon. Maybe you should learn the lyrics now, while it&#8217;s still optional.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr class=\"footnotes\"><ol class=\"footnotes\" style=\"list-style-type:decimal\"><li id=\"fn1-3993\"><p >I swear that cassette is in one of my boxes downstairs. I really need to dig it out.&nbsp;<a href=\"#rf1-3993\" class=\"backlink\" title=\"Return to footnote 1.\">&#8617;<\/a><\/p><\/li><\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finally. Just in time for the end of the semester. I managed to find an on-line version of Socialism Is Good. Well, not just a version. 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