RSS“My Motherland” or, How America Was Shafted
Gene Lalor | January 28, 2011
“Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.” Sometimes.
Chinese concert pianist Lang Lang didn’t do much in the way of soothing or softening or bending a few weeks ago. In fact, he raised a firestorm. Lang Lang is either a fool or an inscrutably devious propagandist for the People’s Republic of China.
Lang Lang, 郎朗, you may recall, was the 28 year old Chinese piano player who wowed the crowd at the White House State Dinner for China’s Paramount Leader, Hu Jintao, on January 19th by tickling the keyboard with ”My Motherland,” 我的祖國, the theme song from the Battle on Shangganling Mountain which coincidentally was an anti-American Chinese war film lauding ChiCom efforts to kill American soldiers, “jackals,” during the Korean War.
Lang Lang, a highly-acclaimed artist, doesn’t seem to be a stupid man but, when the source of his selection became known, he said he chose the piece “because it has been a favorite of mine since I was a child. It was selected for no other reason but for the beauty of its melody” and he was totally ignorant of the origins of the music. The White House readily lapped up his explanation.
So, too, did Raymond Zhou, a writer for China Daily, dismiss the “hoopla” created by a Chinese citizen playing an anti-American song of war in America’s White House. As Zhou said, “It is quite possible Lang Lang was attracted to the melody and oblivious to the hidden meaning of the lyrics.” It is also quite possible that either Lang Lang is an absolute ignoramus since the song and melody have long topped the Chinese hit list or Mr. Zhou is an absolute liar.
Zhow further explained that, ”As President Hu’s trip was one of goodwill, the last thing the Chinese government wanted, I would figure, was a reminder of past hostilities between the two countries:” http://bit.ly/fXgQdq
Good figuring by Mr. Zhow, except that he was writing for China Daily, a fully-owned and operated publication of the Communist Party of China which isn’t exactly known for its interest in any goodwill but which is very interested in propaganda to achieve its ultimate goal of supplanting the United States as the one and only superpower on the planet.
Hu’s state visit was less a goodwill visit than a succesful effort to win concessions and recognition as a world power at the same time his America-trained designated pianist gave Americans an in-your-face demonstration of Chinese chutzpa.
I wonder what would have happened to Zhow had he written, “Thanks to esteemed Chinese pianist, Lang Lang, and his deft inclusion of our people’s beloved war song, “Our Motherland,” in his performance, the People’s Republic has won yet another victory over the American jackals. Not only were the jackals appreciative of Lang’s virtuosity but their leaders defended Lang Lang’s blatant insult to their nation and to their military.”
Depending on the ChiCom mood, Zhow could then be headed for a Chinese gulag or elevated to the position of Paramount Leader’s Paramount Apologist.
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