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China's flat earth: history and 8 August 2008 / Barme, Geremie R   Journal Article
Barme, Geremie R Journal Article
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Publication 2009.
Summary/Abstract The opening ceremony of the 29th Olympiad in Beijing was celebrated in China as an opportunity for the country to "tell its story to the world." This article offers a forensic analysis of that story and how it was created under Party fiat with the active collaboration of local and international arts figures. In a scene-by-scene description of the ceremony, the article also reviews the symbiotic relationship of avant-garde cultural activists and the party-state, a relationship that has continuously evolved throughout the Reform era (since 1978). It also discusses contentious historical issues related to the revival of real and imagined national traditions in the era of China's re-emergence on the global stage.
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Red Allure and the Crimson Blindfold / Barme, Geremie R   Journal Article
Barme, Geremie R Journal Article
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Publication 2012.
Summary/Abstract This essay takes as its starting point the precipitous fall of Bo Xilai in March 2012 and discusses the context of the abiding significance of China's red legacies, in particular Maoism, in understanding the People's Republic of China today. While thinkers labour to salvage Marxism, the red legacy constitutes a body of cultural, intellectual, and linguistic practices that are profoundly ingrained in institutional behaviour in China. This study explores to what extent this version of the red legacy leeches out the power of other modes of leftleaning critique and independent thought, and abets the party-state in its pursuit of a guided, one-party neo-liberal economic agenda.
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