China
MAO'S
LAST DREAM
N NANJIECUN, RIGHT IN THE HEART OF CHINA, TIME HAS STOPPED. THE VILLAGE STILL LIVES AT THE TIME OF MAO: SAME SALARY FOR EVERYONE AND GENERALIZED COLLECTIVISM. WELCOME TO THE DREAM WORLD OF THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS.
THE PERMANENT CRACKLING OF THE SPEAKERS, STRATEGICALLY SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND HUNG IN HEIGHT, A PURRING SUPPOSED TO EDIFY THE THREE THOUSAND INHABITANTS OF THIS SMALL REMOTE VILLAGE OF THE HENAN PROVINCE. THEY BROADCAST MAO’S BEST SPEECHES.
WELCOME TO NANJIECUN, PARADISE OF TRIUMPHANT MAOISM. SOME LIVE THERE, OTHERS COME AS ONE WOULD GO TO LOURDES, A QUASI-RELIGIOUS APPROACH TO REVIVE THE ASHES OF THE PAST AND SEE WHAT REMAINS OF THIS COMMUNISM THAT WAS TO BRING JUSTICE, EQUALITY, HAPPINESS. TOURISTS, COMING FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE COUNTRY, ARE BUSY. MOBILE PHONE IN HAND, THEY IMMORTALIZE IN FRONT OF THE GREAT HELMSMAN, WITH SELFIES. ALL GENERATIONS ARE PRESENT WITH, AMONG THE OLDEST, TEARS FLOWING FREELY. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT BEIJING MUST LOOK CAREFULLY AT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS AMAZING VILLAGE. XI JINPING, THE CURRENT CHINESE PRESIDENT, WHOSE PERSONALITY CULT IS CLOSE TO THAT OF MAO IN HIS DAY, NOW HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO REMAIN IN POWER FOR LIFE, SINCE THE AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION.
