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Singing Red and Smashing Black – The Weird Legacy of Bo Xilai – Video City

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“Not even the worst TV scriptwriter would come up with something like this.” – Bo Xilai, at his own trial For people who know modern Chinese history, it’s a very easy shorthand to reduc…

“Not even the worst TV scriptwriter would come up with something like this.” – Bo Xilai, at his own trial For people who know modern Chinese history, it’s a very easy shorthand to reduce some of the last century’s most pivotal themes only to dates and events – 1949 for liberation or tragedy, 1958 for tragic famine or deliberate atrocity, 1966 for freedom or folly, 1978 for reform or surrender, and 1989 for revolution or riot. In a world of still-contested narratives these numerical designations serve as the closest to neutral terms you can find – in China even more than elsewhere h

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