Over 100 students sing the red song “We are the successors of communism” in front of the Grand Lisboa Macau

Footage has been circulated online showing more than 100 Macau students in front of the landmark Ruins of St. Paul’s, holding Macau district flags, five-star red flags and flags bearing the logo of the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party of China, and singing the red song “We are the successors of communism”. Macau Pui Ching Secondary School revealed on Facebook that students from the school’s primary and secondary sections were videotaping a children’s cultural party for the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party. Overseas pro-democracy activists say the students are singing “We are the successors of communism” as part of the Communist Party’s brainwashing education.

Macau Pui Ching Secondary School posted on its Facebook page that the school’s “Little Singing Star Choir”, elementary school singing team and junior student Long Zilan, who has appeared twice on CCTV’s Spring Festival Gala, were invited to participate in the recording of Beijing Radio and Television’s “Flowers to the Sun – Children’s Hearts to the Party – Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China They were invited to participate in the recording of Beijing Radio and Television’s “Flower to the Sun – Children’s Heart to the Party – Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China” at the Ruins of St. Paul’s.

The red song they sang, “We are the successors of communism”, is the team song of the Chinese Youth Vanguard. New York political commentator Wang Juntao, who used to sing the song when he was a child, said the song means that when you join the Young Pioneers, you become the successor of the communist cause and shoulder the hope of the motherland and the future of human destiny, the so-called future is to engage in communist construction, to love the motherland, love the people, love the party and love the country from a young age.

Wang Juntao said: In the past we were, “We are the successors of communism”, we grew up singing this song, instead is a set of communist brainwashing education. But Macau is still a capitalist system of the place, this I think is very funny, these little kids they need, now they start to make revolution in Macau? Or are they going to continue to live under the Macau system? If they live according to the system of Macau, they sing this song of communist successors, is hanging sheep’s head to sell dog meat.

The Pui Ching Secondary School described in a post that “the students were in great spirits and were fully engaged in the performance, attracting a large number of citizens and tourists to stop and watch, and their performance was highly praised by the director and those present”, adding that the program will be broadcast on June 1 on several platforms in the mainland.

Netizens in our social media message, said “do not understand some parents can be their own children to accept brainwashing”, “red virus scourge generation after generation” “leek, pink to be cultivated from childhood, starting from children “, “native Macau people expressed extreme embarrassment and dissatisfaction, they do not represent me!” , “See you soon in Hong Kong”, etc. The discussion was lively.

The red song, “We are the successors of communism”, is the theme song of the Chinese movie “Heroic Little Eight Roads”, which was released in 1961. The movie tells the story of the young pioneers sacrificing themselves against the national army, and the theme song was later chosen as the Chinese Young Pioneers’ team song.