* 2021-07-04 https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/3139558/what-chinas-lie-flat-youth-and-global-climate-strikers-have-common What China’s ‘lie flat’ youth and global climate strikers have in common by <<scmp>>
Good cat lying down meme: https://www.marxist.com/china-lie-flat.htm
** full URL: https://www.douyin.com/video/7002895023582874915
Transcript and translation:
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你害怕开学吗？ +
随便。 +
对这个学校有什么期待吗？ +
没有。 +
为什么呢？ +
不知道。 +
新学期有什么新的愿望吗？ +
呵？ +
新学期有什么新的愿望吗？ +
没有。 +
没有望阿。 +
你一点心愿都没吗？ 有没有小心愿阿？ +
没有。 +
希望怎么样有没有？ +
没有希望。 +
Are you afraid of starting school? +
Whatever. +
What are you looking forward in this school? +
Nothing. +
Why? +
I don't know. +
What hopes do you have for new school term? +
Huh? +
What hopes do you have for new school term? +
None. +
Hmmm, you don't have any hopes. +
You don't have any small wishes? +
None. +
What about hopes? +
I have no hope. +
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Note: 没有希望。 would likely more accurately be translated as "I have no hopes for school". But the same sentence also means "I have no hope", and it was too tempting to recast it in terms of the Lie Flat movement.
Both Mao and Xi have produced their own sacred books which must be revered, much like <<li-hongzhi>>'s <<flg-canon>>:
* Xi's: <<xi-jinping-thought>>
** illustrated version for children: <<xi-jinping-thought-primary-school-textbook-2021>>
* Mao's: <<little-red-book>>
Furthermore, both of those books are based on speeches, just like just like Li Hongzhi's speeches become instant canon.
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It should be noted that the homophobia is just a tiny fraction of the essay, which is much more generally about the state taking more control over everything, including culture, and sparking fears of a second <<cultural-revolution>>.
Corresponding official guidelines by the <<national-radio-and-television-administration>> followed: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-radio-tv-body-strengthen-regulation-cultural-programmes-salaries-2021-09-02/
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== Woman's rights (妇女权利)
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.<<ccp-cult,Devotional>> image of <<xi-jinping>> on the cover of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Governance_of_China[The Governance of China] (link:https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/习近平谈治国理政[习近平谈治国理政], 2020) book which is part of <<xi-jinping-thought>>. The similarity to <<li-hongzhi>> devotional images <<li-hongzhi-lotus,is striking>>. Related: <<xi-halo>>. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Governance-China-Xi-Jinping/dp/1602204098[Source].
* 2020-02-19: https://supchina.com/2020/02/19/communist-youth-league-patriotic-idols/ "The Communist Youth League Thought It Was Creating Patriotic Idols. Instead, It Started A Conversation About Women's Rights". The anime-style mascots are named Jiangshanjiao 江山娇 and Hongqiman 红旗漫.
* 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/15/world/asia/china-schools-propaganda-education.html "To Inspire Young Communists, China Turns to ‘Red Army’ Schools"
* https://baike.baidu.com/item/红军小学/8664849 on <<baidu-baike>>
