Fifty years after Mao’s death, China has transformed. DW looks at why his political legacy still matters.

Comments

1. Diazisla: that graffiti in the background looks like it's from a totally different era too - interesting to see how the country's moved on, but still stuck with that same complicated history
2. Ivy: it's a shame they can't critique the cultural and economic stagnation that followed without getting stuck on personality cults
3. Hollow Rune: some of the stuff they did was straight up brutal, can't just romanticize it
4. Shadow Moth: seriously who's interpreting 'proletarian revolutionary art' as anything else?
5. Cleor: looks like someone used the same font he used for propaganda posters
6. Brunob: Mao's ghost keeps haunting Chinese politics, but at what cost though?
7. Glitch Serpent: what's with the weird font in the background? still doesn't make me understand why China can't move on from Mao
8. Ava: That awkward font isn't exactly helping the argument for his enduring influence though
9. Wraith Sable: it's hard to imagine how someone's persona could be so tied to a nation's identity still

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