Squishy Mao
It’s difficult to find a story about Chinese politics that doesn’t make me angry. It try really hard to post about the Chinese, I read all kind of stories, but after the initial black out I always come to to find my modem covered in bite marks and my fists full of my own hair. So yessss… pretty dangerous. I actually liked this story though, because it helps me to believe that China is once again ruled by an evil royal dynasty. Knowing what I do about the Chinese Communist Party, I can’t help but feel nostalgic for the relatively benign rule of the Qing Empress Dowager Cixi and her jade barge full of severed penises.
Instead we have tubby Mao Xinyu, Mao Zedong ‘s only living grandson. He is 40 years old, he is the county’s most popular Mao Zedong blogger, the author of the Chinese bestseller “Grandpa Mao Zedong”, and holds a Ph.D in Maoism. He is also now China’s youngest major general, just… ya know… because. Certain people are beginning to notice that the appointment had the merest whiff of nepotism coming from it which is a bit problematic as the Chinese are still supposed to be Communists. Which would be the whole point of the Mao Zedong love in the first place. Well to all of you logic loving naysayers, Mao Xinyu has something to say: don’t hate me because my grandfather is popular. It’s not like I’m capitalizing on our relationship or anything.
This is a funny part of an interview he gave to Cinese newspaper:
Q: You have said that your grandfather is god; is he a perfect man to you?
A: Yes
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