(Cai Lei is a Chinese leftist who regularly responds to questions - sometimes quite hostile - about China and world affairs. You can read his material here: CaiLei - Quora .)
Lives in China (1975–present)
Updated Oct 21
The narratives about Mao
Zedong and Deng Xiaoping mainly come from the mainstream media in China or the
West. Whether the mainstream media can represent grassroots groups is
controversial.
But, The
people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world
history.
Like other countries
in the world, China’s mainstream media is controlled by vested interest groups,
but the Chinese still have their own judgment in their hearts.
Mao Zedong represented
the "Mass line"(Maintain the interests of the bottom people)
and Deng Xiaoping represented the "Upper-class line"(Maintain
the interests of the upper class).
Mao Zedong's Cultural
Revolution was aimed at the officials of the CPC and the upper class, and it
was a disaster for the officials and the upper class; Deng Xiaoping's reform is
aimed at the masses and a disaster for the masses!
In the past, on a
whim, China.com established a number of memorial halls of founding fathers and
celebrities on the forum, including the memorial halls of Mao Zedong and Deng
Xiaoping.
In Deng Xiaoping's
online memorial hall, few people left messages and offered flowers, the total
number was only 1.96 million.
In Chairman Mao's
online memorial hall, many people left messages and offered flowers, the total
number was More than 124 million.
The ratio of the
number of people presenting flowers at the Chairman Mao Online Memorial Hall
and Deng Xiaoping Online Memorial Hall is 100:1.
Just like the slogan
of Occupy Wall Street: We are the 99%
In other words, 99% of
Chinese netizens presented flowers to Chairman Mao, while only 1% presented
flowers to Deng Xiaoping.
Moreover, most of the
comment areas where Deng Xiaoping's online memorial hall presented flowers and
left messages were scolding him or deliberately commemorating Chairman Mao at
Deng Xiaoping's online memorial hall (Intentionally provocative)...
China.com‘s webmaster
used a lot of keywords to filter, but he still couldn't stop netizens from
scolding Deng Xiaoping's comments. Later, China.com had to turn off the online
memorial function.
Whether the online
memorial hall represents the real grassroots public opinion, I dare not talk
nonsense, but it should express people's true feelings.
Total number of
flowers offered: 124,759,343
Message (in the red box at bottom): We will never forget the father of
PRC
Total number of
flowers offered: 1,965.174
Message (in red box at bottom): Chairman Mao, we respect you!
(Intentionally provocative)
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