âFollow the Party Foreverâ: China Plans a Communist Birthday Bash
Patriotic films. History lessons. Mass weddings. The Chinese Communist Party is going into overdrive to celebrate its 100th birthday.
A shop in Jinggangshan, China, sells Communist Party memorabilia. The party is celebrating its centenary on July 1 with a modern-day propaganda campaign. Credit.Roman Pilipey/EPA, via Shutterstock
Movie theaters in China are being ordered to screen patriotic films with titles like âThe Sacrificeâ and âThe Red Sun.â Elementary students in some cities are being told to create paintings and calligraphy extolling the âChinese dream.â Buses and subways are broadcasting nationalistic messages about revolutionary heroes.