vijayjohn wrote:mōdgethanc wrote:China, Taiwan, Westernized, blablabla
In short we can say that in some ways Taiwan is more Westernized, especially the political and the economical system, etc. On the other hand, Taiwan has retained some traditional Chinese values that China has lost during communism.
If I find again a well-written article I found before, I will translate it.
mōdgethanc wrote:Does anyone like the Chinese anthem? I've tried to like it and it just sounds like communist crap to me. The melody is really annoying and the lyrics are boring and generic revolutionary stuff about rising up and defending the motherland. I think I would shoot myself in the head if I had to listen to it every day.
Do you know that the Italian anthem is also revolutionary stuff, and defending the motherland from the foreign oppressors and invaders? It also says "We are ready for the death" and mentions vampirism ("... drank the Polish blood" or something like that).
On the other hand, for a long time I thought 歌唱祖国 was the national anthem of China. It's often played in some State function together or sometimes instead of the official anthem, so it's like a sort of unofficial second anthem.
I think it's a beautiful patriotic song, and even though it has political content too, but not as strong as the anthem, which is explicitly revolutionary.
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XODYzNTc5Mg==.html?from=s1.8-1-1.2If you can't play it, search "歌唱祖国" on the Choob.