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Death of Mao Zedong's Son During Korean War Comes Under Scrutiny
UPI ^ | JUNE 16, 2021 | Elizabeth Shim

Posted on 06/16/2021 2:25:54 PM PDT by nickcarraway

The history of the son of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong is being rewritten under Xi Jinping, according to a recent press report.

The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that the Chinese Academy of History, first established under Xi in 2019, is challenging long-held beliefs about the circumstances surrounding the death of Mao Anying, who was killed during a United Nations airstrike during the 1950-53 Korean War.

Conventional wisdom in China regarding Mao's death states that Mao was killed when he gave away his hideout by turning on a stove to cook egg fried rice. The Chinese Academy has suggested the belief insults Mao and his legacy.

"These rumormongers have tied up Mao Anying with egg fried rice, gravely dwarfing the heroic image of Mao Anying's brave sacrifice," stated a social media post from the academy, published in November, according to the Journal. "Their hearts are vicious."

The academy, operated by historian Gao Xiang, is denying a story published in a Chinese military officer's memoir in 2003. China's People's Liberation Army published the book.

Chinese citizens also could be being subjected to greater harassment online if they are suspected of insulting historical figures affiliated with the Communist Party.

A Chinese chef who demonstrated how to make Yangzhou fried rice online was heckled by Chinese audiences for making the dish last Oct. 24, the day of Mao Anying's birth anniversary.

Chef Wang Gang was accused of using his video as "malicious political innuendo" to tarnish Mao's image as national martyr, SupChina reported in November.

Xi, who began to rule without term limits in 2017, said in his outline for a new "Xi Jinping Thought" that his goal is to restore China's "past glory."

Under Xi, the Chinese Communist Party has popularized at least 10 slogans, including "building a community with a shared future for mankind," the South China Morning Post reported Wednesday.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; korea; maozedong

1 posted on 06/16/2021 2:25:54 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

MMMMM....egg fried rice


2 posted on 06/16/2021 2:27:57 PM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston? )
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To: nickcarraway
Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.

― Mao Tse-tung
3 posted on 06/16/2021 2:28:02 PM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: nickcarraway

So the man was supposed to not eat?

He died as a soldier, for the wrong side, but still an honorable death.


4 posted on 06/16/2021 2:32:23 PM PDT by Fai Mao (I don't think we have enough telephone poles.)
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Definitely died for the wrong side...

“His mother, Yang Kaihui, second wife of Communist Leader Mao Zedong, was executed by the Kuomintang in 1930.”


5 posted on 06/16/2021 2:34:59 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: nickcarraway

Under Xi, the Chinese Communist Party has popularized at least 10 slogans, including “building a community with a shared future for mankind,” and the very popular “Joe Biden is Xi’s puppet,” the South China Morning Post reported Wednesday.


6 posted on 06/16/2021 2:36:53 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

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7 posted on 06/16/2021 2:37:36 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy. ― Mao Tse-tung)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

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8 posted on 06/16/2021 2:38:00 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Tse-tung)
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To: nickcarraway

“A Chinese chef who demonstrated how to make Yangzhou fried rice online was heckled by Chinese audiences for making the dish last Oct. 24, the day of Mao Anying’s birth anniversary.

Chef Wang Gang was accused of using his video as “malicious political innuendo” to tarnish Mao’s image as national martyr, SupChina reported in November.”

Suddenly I know where our nutjob leftists learned their capacity for crackpot unrelated lateral thinking idiocy.


9 posted on 06/16/2021 3:14:21 PM PDT by ameribbean expat (Attention! All persons having the corona virus...please report to the nearest IRS office. Thank you.)
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To: nickcarraway

Reincarnated as Hunter Biden.


10 posted on 06/16/2021 3:25:17 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: nickcarraway

His comrades affectionately referred to him as Phat Boi Mao.


11 posted on 06/16/2021 3:40:48 PM PDT by Enterprise
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To: nickcarraway

“Building back better a community with a shared future for mankind”. Hmmmm, seems I’ve seen that before.


12 posted on 06/16/2021 3:42:27 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: tet68

Shades of “The first Biden, in a hundred generations of Bidens....”


13 posted on 06/16/2021 4:38:02 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: mikey_hates_everything

—”Reincarnated as Hunter Biden.”

Some very, very bad karma.


14 posted on 06/16/2021 6:24:53 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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