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Chinese Pianist Plays Propaganda Tune at White House

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Chinese Pianist Plays Propaganda Tune at White House

Chinese Pianist Plays Propaganda Tune at White House

US humiliated in eyes of Chinese by song used to inspire anti-Americanism

By MATTHEW ROBERTSON

Epoch Times Staff

Lang Lang the pianist says he chose it. Chairman Hu Jintao recognized it as soon as he heard it. Patriotic Chinese Internet users were delighted as soon as they saw the videos online. Early morning TV viewers in China knew it would be played an hour or two beforehand. At the White House State dinner on Jan. 19, about six minutes into his set,< http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kroEprEpvtA > Lang Lang began tapping out a famous anti-American propaganda melody from the Korean War: the theme song to the movie "Battle on Shangganling Mountain."< http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-aTpkd6-P8 >

Chinese Pianist Plays Propaganda Tune at White House -- NEW YORK, Jan. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

Chinese piano player slips propaganda in - NYPOST.com




/facepalm


I don't think the chinese take Obama seriously...... :doh
 
It's a patriotic Chinese song, about a specific battel in Korea. How is it propaganda?




Lang Lang began tapping out a famous anti-American propaganda melody from the Korean War: the theme song to the movie "Battle on Shangganling Mountain."



Read that line again.......
 
/facepalm


I don't think the chinese take Obama seriously...... :doh

It's a close to pissing in his face as you can get, in the people's house to boot.

Most Americans would be pissed and if they followed his music Lang Lang's career here would tank like the Dixie Chicks, but the crowd he appeals to will probably be more vigorous in his support than ever.

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Lang Lang began tapping out a famous anti-American propaganda melody from the Korean War: the theme song to the movie "Battle on Shangganling Mountain."



Read that line again.......

That line is the Epoch new's staff spin on it. So what?

It's a song from a movie.
 
O NO. Lang Lang played a song I don't like! IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD!!!!


Seriously, its a song, get over it.
 
You two need to stop embarrassing yourselves in ignorance....



The Chinese pianist Lang Lang performed a widely-known anti-American propaganda song during his performance at the White House's state dinner for Chinese President Hu Jintao last week, the Chinese-American newspaper Epoch Times reports.

The song, "My Motherland," is the theme to film "Battle on Shangganling Mountain," about a communist "People's Volunteer Army" defeating U.S. military "jackals" in a Korean War battle.


Pianist Thumbed Nose at White House with Propaganda Song - World Watch - CBS News




Seriously.... :lamo
 
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Of all the songs, the choice for that one seems ---- suspect at best. A subtle flash of the Chinese ass at the White House dinner.
 
Poor choice of a song given the context.

I think people are relying too much on the editorial spin in the few sources quoted in the OP.

Dixieland has negative connotations. But when the Boston Pops performs it on the 4th of July do we think they're playing Confederate propaganda?

Great film scores can transcend their original intent and become favorites for performers.
 
"I thought to play 'My Motherland' because I think playing the tune at the White House banquet can help us, as Chinese people, feel extremely proud of ourselves and express our feelings through the song. I think it's especially good. Also, I like the tune in and of itself, every time I hear it I feel extremely moved," Lang Lang said in the interview.



Song about killing American Jackals, played at the whitehouse for china pride.... hmmmm.... disrespectful?
 
I think people are relying too much on the editorial spin in the few sources quoted in the OP.

Dixieland has negative connotations. But when the Boston Pops performs it on the 4th of July do we think they're playing Confederate propaganda?

Great film scores can transcend their original intent and become favorites for performers.



Really? so this is the same thing? really? /facepalm
 
You need to stop embarrassing yourself with making a big deal over a song.

tell it to cbs

The Chinese pianist Lang Lang performed a widely-known anti-American propaganda song during his performance at the White House's state dinner for Chinese President Hu Jintao last week, the Chinese-American newspaper Epoch Times reports.

The song, "My Motherland," is the theme to film "Battle on Shangganling Mountain," about a communist "People's Volunteer Army" defeating U.S. military "jackals" in a Korean War battle.

"The movie and the tune are widely known among Chinese, and the song has been a leading piece of anti-American propaganda by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for decades," the Epoch Times reports." CCP propaganda has always referred to the Korean War as the 'movement to resist America and help [North] Korea.' The message of the propaganda is that the United States is an enemy--in fighting in the Korean War the United States' real goal was said to be to invade and conquer China. The victory at Triangle Hill was promoted as a victory over imperialists."

Pianist Thumbed Nose at White House with Propaganda Song - World Watch - CBS News

the people's volunteer army---LOL!

and just look at all the "help" the north koreans have received...

pathetic, mr president
 
Are you some sort of china apologist?

it was a propaganda film, an anti-US propaganda film.

As long as we get to do something by John Philips Souza over there, I don't see any problem. :mrgreen:
 
Very clever of the pianist. Slip the knives in when we aren't looking. Make us look the fools.

But what was President Obama supposed to do about it? What did you expect? There's no reason to expect the President to be familiar with Chinese propaganda; if he was, that'd just be another reason for you to call him a Socialist. And even if he'd recognized the piece, there would have been no graceful way to stop the pianist; any reaction at all would have been graceless and classless and would have shown our country in an even poorer light.

Sometimes you have to let the little people take their shots and satisfy yourself with being the better man.
 
coverage of obama's meetings with hu

der spiegel, november, '09: "obama's nice guy act gets him nowhere on world stage"

US Foreign Policy: Obama's Nice Guy Act Gets Him Nowhere on the World Stage - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

council on foreign relations: "amateur hour at the white house"

Amateur Hour at the White House - Council on Foreign Relations

the national journal, december of '10: "obama's rodney dangerfield moment"

NationalJournal.com - America?s Rodney Dangerfield Moment - Friday, November 12, 2010

the nyt: "obama's economic views rejected on world stage"

Obama's economic view is rejected on world stage - San Jose Mercury News

and just what did president whipping post accomplish in january of '11?

Chinese Tiger Ate US Dove For Lunch

obama's a doormat

look at his entire foreign policy

outside his ESCALATION of afghanistan, what is there?

talks with the leaders of iran?

sanctions?

closing gitmo?

mideast peace talks?

international cooperation vs kim?

climate accords?

blaming the cruel mexican cartels on united states gun manufacturers?

just who's running foggy bottom, who is obama's secretary of state?

oh, yeah, that's right

pathetic
 
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Very clever of the pianist. Slip the knives in when we aren't looking. Make us look the fools.

But what was President Obama supposed to do about it? What did you expect? There's no reason to expect the President to be familiar with Chinese propaganda; if he was, that'd just be another reason for you to call him a Socialist. And even if he'd recognized the piece, there would have been no graceful way to stop the pianist; any reaction at all would have been graceless and classless and would have shown our country in an even poorer light.

Sometimes you have to let the little people take their shots and satisfy yourself with being the better man.

Well, given the amount of academics in the White House, surely someone might have recognized the piece - but, maybe not. In this case the bigger people took their shots in a boost to satisfy their nationalism over the West. The night could be summed up as "Obama hears a Hu".
 
Very clever of the pianist. Slip the knives in when we aren't looking. Make us look the fools.

But what was President Obama supposed to do about it? What did you expect? There's no reason to expect the President to be familiar with Chinese propaganda; if he was, that'd just be another reason for you to call him a Socialist. And even if he'd recognized the piece, there would have been no graceful way to stop the pianist; any reaction at all would have been graceless and classless and would have shown our country in an even poorer light.

Sometimes you have to let the little people take their shots and satisfy yourself with being the better man.


I agree with you on some of this., like not much he could do, however, if I was POTUS, some mofo would be fired over not doing due diligence on this.
 
So somebody should be fired because they DIDN'T shoot the piano player?
 
So somebody should be fired because they DIDN'T shoot the piano player?




Please read the links, other people apparently knew he was to play that song for weeks before he did.... He has a staff, and some on that staff's job is to know these things.
 
This is a big joke in China. They're laughing at New America. Hardee Har Har.
 
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