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"Go China!"

January 7, 2009 | permalink |

In China, an online video of schoolchildren is stirring some heated debate. In the video, which you can watch below, the kids are reciting a poem by their teacher. It's a nationalistic poem that slams the West and proclaims the glory of China.

There was a lot of that kind of talk in China last year, especially after the Tibet crackdown. But this poem and video have apparently struck a different chord. Many have slammed the teacher online for trying to indoctrinate his students. The World's Mary Kay Magistad reports.



Translation:
Lead: Snowstorm, freely falling down to earth, like Western values
Lead: Despair fills the sky, ice covers the earth
Lead: Did China retreat?
All: No. The Olympics were a success! We are victorious!
Lead: Hot blood and iron will of Chinese people, lighten up the dark world like burning the holy flame
All: The rivers and mountains, ever more colorful and beautiful
Lead: Earthquakes, shifting back and forth like the positions of Sarkozy, with his dirty tricks, trying to shake the great China
Lead: Did China retreat?
All: No. The Shenzhou-7 launched. We are victorious!
Lead: Pathetic Europe will never stop the insurmountable force of the Celestial Empire
All: Just the aftershocks from the earthquake would destroy France!
Lead: The happy flowers flourish in the oil fields on Tarim Basin
Lead: The suona [musical instrument] sings aloud in the Tawang district of the Himalayas
Lead: Historically accumulated resentment fill the Ryukyu Trench
All: Smiles in Sun Moon Lake became a miraculous flower in the Pacific Ocean
Lead: Do not sway, Do not slacken off and Do not flip flop.
Lead: Do not change the flag, Do not change the label, Do not turn back
All: Step ruthlessly over all anti-China forces
Lead: The giant ship full of patches, raise up the brand new sail
All: Spirits are high, crash through the waves, the wind is at our back
Lead: 2009
All: Go China
Lead: 2009
All: China the Greatest!

 

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