China Film Bureau Launches Party Celebration Film Festival (Web Photo)
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the evil Chinese Communist Party. China’s National Film Bureau recently issued a Notice ordering all cinemas to show at least 2 officially designated red films per week, such as “South March, North March”, “Shangganling” and “Railway Guerrillas”, in line with the authorities’ brainwashing campaign.
For the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party, a series of songs and dances from the Cultural Revolution period, including “The White Maiden”, have been announced as the main event, and China’s National Film Bureau recently issued a notice on the exhibition and screening of outstanding films to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, ordering all cinemas to screen officially designated old films from April 1 to December.
In an interview with Radio Free Asia on Tuesday (April 6), Han Yifen, an Internet writer who lived through the “Cultural Revolution,” said that in order to promote the 100th anniversary of the Party’s founding, the Communist Party’s street offices have warned residents to ban all so-called discordant voices: “This year, the official greetings have been given especially. 100th party anniversary, do not publish this kind of comments. I can only say in general terms that it can be a tragedy if a small child never grows up and stays in his childhood. It is possible for a small child to be happy. But if this little child never grows up and also makes a country grow up, it will certainly be a nightmare for that country.”
The executive order, issued in the form of a Notice, requires cinemas to show red films no less than two times a week, and “People’s Cinema” and “Art Cinema Alliance” cinemas no less than five times a week; and to organize screenings in rural areas, urban communities, campuses, and organize people to watch. Since then, the Chinese Communist Party’s brainwashing campaign against the people has begun with a bang.
The people dare not imagine the future space of speech in China
On Sina Weibo and WeChat circles, netizens mostly criticized the State Film Bureau’s order. Some people implicitly lamented, “If Father Qing doesn’t die, the disaster will not be over yet. Mr. Zhou, an Internet commentator who also lived through the Cultural Revolution, said to the station, “The control of speech on the mainland is getting tougher and tougher, and it is so reckless that it has abandoned the law. From the beginning, opposing voices were not allowed, and now even subtle opposing voices are not allowed. I don’t dare to imagine what kind of space the future will be.”
Ms. Wang, a retired teacher in Handan, Hebei Province, told this station that this government can only be praised and cannot allow criticism: “The government of an authoritarian system can only be praised, hailed and praised, but cannot point out the problems he has, the Chinese system is too abominable.”
Private cinemas bear the losses caused by broadcasting bonus films
Recently, government propaganda departments in Fujian and Guangdong have followed the central government in urging local governments to organize the public to watch so-called classic red movies. Lin Minqing, a businessman in Fujian, told reporters that regardless of official propaganda, he does not go to see officially designated movies, especially for young people: “I don’t think so, basically people I know inside don’t even watch TV, and many rich families don’t even watch TV dramas anymore. This (red film) can only be borne by private cinemas themselves, five screenings a week, should this cost be borne by the cinema itself?”
From April, more than a dozen films reflecting the Communist civil war, the Korean War, the war against Japan and the “Cultural Revolution” have been released, such as “North and South”, “Shangganling”, “Railroad Guerrillas”, “Red Army of the Maiden” and “Mine War”.
A business hotel hangs pictures of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin and Mao Zedong. (Screenshot) A business hotel hangs pictures of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin and Mao Zedong. (Screenshot of video)
Another video uploaded by netizens shows pictures of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin and Mao Zedong hanging high on the wall of a hotel lobby. Many netizens were surprised by this, and Lin Minqing said, “Chinese people have this desire, plus the government encourages it, but I think it’s a personal phenomenon.”
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