Thanks, Frank. Mao seems still to be a revered figure in China, along with Yat-sen and Empress Dowager Cixi. There certainly were many more in line to view Mao's remains at the Mausoleum in Tiananmen square they were waiting to see Lenin in Red Square when I was there.
They seem to avoid the word "communist," at least around westerners, but instead speak of Mao as the founder of "The New China." His excesses appear to be overlooked because basically things are better now in China for most Chinese than they ever have been. Ideology seems to have given way to nationalism and consumerism. However one feels about the current government, Beijing is certainly a modern, efficient, clean and prosperous city. I was amazed by the total lack of litter and graffiti and the obvious care taken to beautify the city, with trees, flowers and pleasant open spaces all around. Simply trying to access the internet, however, quickly reveals the tight control the government maintains over everything. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 7:05 AM, Knarf <[email protected]> wrote: > Still with the pictures of Mao? I thought he'd long since been disgraced and > expunged from the public memory. > > Wonderful photo. > > Cheers, > > frank > > On 2 July, 2015 2:10:04 AM EDT, "Daniel J. Matyola" <[email protected]> > wrote: >>Tienanmen Square: >>http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18048446&size=lg >>K-5 II S, DA 18-135 zoom >>Comments are invited >> >>Dan Matyola >>http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
