Hugh_Hoy Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 No need. Hannity reported it tonight, so it's true. Actually, the item is all over the internet. I love one headline "White House Got Punked". http://www.blackfive.net/main/2011/01/the-president-got-punked.html HH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Imagine the jokes and outrages if that had happened when GWB was in the White House. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Chinese Pianist Plays Propaganda Tune at White House US humiliated in eyes of Chinese by song used to inspire anti-Americanism Lang Lang the pianist says he chose it. Chairman Hu Jintao recognized it as soon as he heard it. Sounds like it needs to be Snoped to me... Strangely enough' date=' I very seldom Snope front page stories on the [i']Telegraph[/i]. It is a reasonably respected UK newspaper - has been since 1855. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizardKing Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 With a right wing agenda. I do not trust anyone with a agenda's translation of foreign languages... I wouldn't trust the Guardian or NYT on that either. Journalism has pretty much sold their soul to corporations nowadays. Not a check on reality anymore as much as just another marketing avenue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Seems the song is not specifically anti-American itself. But it was WRITTEN for the propaganda film the "Battle on Shangganling Mountain", which depicts Chinese "volunteers" in the Korean War fighting against the 31st Infantry Regiment of the US 7th Army Division. The commies always told their people the evil Americans and their UN lackeys intended to invade the glorious PRC and divide the motherland amongst themselves. That is why the PRC had to enter the Korean war when the North Koreans were as good as defeated. Every Chinese who hears the song knows it is from that film and realises what it means. Can you imagine a German pianist playing the Horst Wessel Lied for the Federal German chancellor at the White House? Or a US pianist playing "You're a sap, Mr Jap" for the Japanese ambassador? How about the governor of Alabama having a pianist play "Old Black Joe" when Obama visits? Songs are connected to historical events and periods. They thus carry more meaning than their words may say. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_on_Shangganling_Mountain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Motherland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous God Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 <> Well MacArthur telling China independantly of Truman that he'd invade and bring about their collapse if they didn't surrender to him personally kinda makes the Chinese point accurate! ""The enemy, therefore, must by now be painfully aware that a decision of the United Nations to depart from its tolerant effort to contain the war to the area of Korea through expansion of our military operations to his coastal areas and interior bases would doom Red China to the risk of imminent military collapse" Time. April 2, 1951. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,814498-1,00.html. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Ummm ... you seem to be overlooking something. You know, like who did what and when? << On 20 August 1950, Premier Zhou Enlai informed the United Nations that "Korea is China's neighbor... The Chinese people cannot but be concerned about a solution of the Korean question". Thus, via neutral-country diplomats, China warned that in safeguarding Chinese national security, they would intervene against the UN Command in Korea. President Truman interpreted the communication as "a bald attempt to blackmail the UN", and dismissed it. [color:red]The Politburo authorized Chinese intervention in Korea on 2 October 1950, the day after the ROK Army crossed the 38th parallel.[/color] Later, the Chinese claimed that US bombers had violated PRC national airspace while en route to bomb North Korea, before China intervened. >> Wikipedia So a threat by MacArthur SIX MONTHS AFTER China intervened in the Korea War can hardly be used as justification for that previous intervention. p,s, MacArthur was a nutter though. That's why Truman finally replaced him, despite the outcry from Mac's defenders. (I remember rightwingers practically foaming at the mouth when they talked about Truman firing MacArthur when I was a kid ... years after the war.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous God Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 Song was written for a movie, when? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 Right where my original links take you! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_on_Shangganling_Mountain Battle on Shangganling Mountain is a 1956 Chinese war film. It is also known as Shangganling Battle. The film depicts the Battle of Triangle Hill during the Korean War. Battle on Shangganling Mountain follows a group of Chinese "People's Volunteer Army" soldiers who are holding Triangle Hill for several days against US forces. Short of both food and water, they hold their ground until the relief troops arrive. Directed by Sha Meng and Lin Shan, the cast included Gao Baocheng, Xu Linge, and Liu Yuru. The film was shot in Changchun. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Motherland [color:red]"My Motherland" (simplified Chinese: 我的祖国; traditional Chinese: 我的祖國; pinyin: WÇ’de ZÇâ€guó) is a song written for the Chinese movie Battle on Shangganling Mountain (1956).[/color] Lyrics were written by Qiao Yu (ä¹â€Ã§Â¾Â½). Music was composed by Liu Chi (刘炽). Both of them are well-known for a number of songs since 1950s. It remains a popular and famous patriotic song in mainland China, and the signature song for the famous operatic soprano Guo Lanying. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Triangle_Hill The Battle of Triangle Hill, also known as Operation Showdown or the Shangganling Campaign (simplified Chinese: 上çâ€ËœÃ¥Â²Â战役; pinyin: Shàng GÄÂn LÇÂng Zhàn Yì), was a protracted military engagement during the Korean War. The main combatants were two United Nations infantry divisions, with additional support from the United States Air Force, against elements of the 15th and 12th Corps of the People's Republic of China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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