Propaganda in the People's Republic of China - Century of Humiliation, Red Detachment of Women, Lei Feng, Revolutionary Opera (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Century of humiliation, Red Detachment of Women, Lei Feng, Revolutionary opera, Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China, Ode to the Motherland, The East Is Red, My Motherland, Thought reform in the People's Republic of China, Socialism is Good, Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China, Who are the Most Beloved People?, Battle on Shangganling Mountain, Grand External Propaganda Strategy, Liu Hulan, I Love Beijing Tiananmen, Red Star Shines, Political Education in the People's Republic of China, Learn from Dazhai in agriculture, Learn from Daqing in industry, Sailing the Seas Depends on the Helmsman. Excerpt: Propaganda in the People's Republic of China (simplified Chinese: traditional Chinese: pinyin: Zh nghua renmin gongheguo xu nchuan huodong) refers to the PRC Central People's Government's use of propaganda to sway public and international opinion in favor of its policies. Domestically, this includes censorship of proscribed views and an active cultivation of views that favor the government. Propaganda is considered central to the operation of the Chinese government. Aspects of propaganda can be traced back to the earliest period of Chinese history, but propaganda has been most effective in the twentieth century owing to mass media and an authoritarian government. Mao-era China is known for its constant use of mass campaigns to legitimize the state and the policies of leaders. It was the first Chinese government to successfully make use of modern mass propaganda techniques, adapting them to the needs of a country which had a largely rural and illiterate population. In the Korean War, Chinese soldier Huang Jiguang allegedly used his body to block heavy machine-gun fire.The origins of the CCP propaganda system can be traced to the Yan'an and the rectification movements carried out t...