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Anti-American song played in the White House
WASHINGTON -- Chinese-born pianist Lang Lang gave a musical shout out to America-hating patriots in his homeland when he played at the White House state dinner last week. During his performance, Lang tinkled the ivories with the famous anti-American propaganda tune "My Motherland" -- the theme song from the Chinese-made Korean War movie "Battle on Shangangling Mountain." Chinese President Hu Jintao, the guest of honor at the dinner, surely recognized the melody. The song has been a favorite anti-American propaganda tool for decades. Lang apparently knew exactly what he was playing. Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/sour_note_at_hu_fete_sU6ZLyo3xXs8F1mmr6kmSN#ixzz1ByhzlGOj |
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as a musician,, seems to be a beautiful song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LQyyh1zc44 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Motherland |
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It's not anti-american!
"My Motherland" was called as "A Big River" (Chinese: 一条大河) by the author initially; it represented the hundreds of rivers that flowed by the homes of the Chinese people. The title was changed when it was published with movie. Although the song was written for the movie about Korean War in 1950s, there is no mention of the war at all. It describes a soldier (or anyone who is away from home) thinking about his home and his family. Thus, this song is extremely popular even when the movie itself is almost forgotten. The music for solo part has folk song styles similar to those in northern China. Chorus This is a great river, its waves are wide and calm The wind blows through the rice flowers, bearing fragrance to either shore My home is right there by the water I am used to hearing the punters' whistle and seeing the white sails on the boats Solo This is a great river, its waves are wide and calm The wind blows through the rice flowers, bearing fragrance to either shore My home is right there by the water I am used to hearing the punters' whistle and seeing the white sails on the boats Chorus This is the beautiful motherland The place where I grew up In this expansive stretch of land Wonderful landscape can be seen everywhere 2. Solo Young ladies are like flowers Young men have a big heart and grand visions In order to construct a new realm They have waked the sleeping mountains And made the rivers change their appearance Chorus This is the motherland of heroes The place where I grew up In this stretch of ancient land There is youthful vigour found everywhere 3. Solo Great mountains, great rivers and an amazing place Every road is flat and wide When friends are here, there is fine wine But if the wolves come What greets it is the hunting gun Chorus This is the strong motherland The place where I grew up On this stretch of warm and friendly land The sunshine of peace is everywhere Where in the lyrics do you get anything ant-american? |
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Where in the lyrics do you get anything ant-american? As the article says, the word "jackels" (wolves in your translation) is talking about Americans. The movie and the song are about killing Americans. |
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Ah, it was in the New York Post, one of Rupert Murdoch's tabloids. What's REALLY interesting about this is that usually Murdoch's rags soft-pedal news about Communist China. Why, you might ask? Because 'ole Rupert is heavily invested in Chinese satellite TV and probably doesn't want to risk losing his broadcast privileges there by throwing darts. What's most likely Really Going On Here is that this article is window dressing for Murdoch's media, putting on appearances as if it grew a pair, when in reality it's a toothless tiger gumming the hand that feeds it. -Kerry O. |
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Ah, it was in the New York Post, one of Rupert Murdoch's tabloids. What's REALLY interesting about this is that usually Murdoch's rags soft-pedal news about Communist China. Why, you might ask? Because 'ole Rupert is heavily invested in Chinese satellite TV and probably doesn't want to risk losing his broadcast privileges there by throwing darts. What's most likely Really Going On Here is that this article is window dressing for Murdoch's media, putting on appearances as if it grew a pair, when in reality it's a toothless tiger gumming the hand that feeds it. -Kerry O. 
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