At the meeting, Bo tried to scotch speculation of the campaign being a movement to revive the politics and spirit of the Cultural Revolution (1966-76). On the contrary, Bo said, it was aimed at energizing communities and motivating people in good faith.<\/p>\n

Bo’s clarification, it is hoped, would reverse the worsening public relations of the Chongqing government that launched the “red culture campaign” a year ago. Since then, the campaign has drawn widespread criticism, giving rise to a suspicion that Chongqing was indoctrinating locals with outdated “red songs” and “revolutionary dogma.”<\/p>\n

… Many people are nostalgic about the old “red days” of less crime and more honesty when equality, simplicity and a different set of morals were the order of the day.<\/p>\n

However, these people dread the return of that egalitarianism which calls for sacrificing the gains of economic liberalization. Thus, liberal media is apprehensive about the word “red,” because this evocative word is associated with retrograde solutions to many social problems of today.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As TV schedules are swept clean of spy and crime dramas to make way for shows celebrating the history of the Chinese Communist Party and People’s Liberation Army, the Telegraph’s Malcolm Moore examines China’s “Red Culture” boom: The government, which is strongly supporting the drive, believes a healthy dose of “Red Culture” could help unify […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":962,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[20,100,5],"tags":[5884,318,6387,6952,3640,1843],"class_list":["post-120856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-politics","category-society","tag-bo-xilai","tag-ccp","tag-chongqing","tag-peoples-liberation-army","tag-prc-history","tag-red-tourism","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n