Party invitation to today's children
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June 13, 2011, Monday
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AS the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China approaches, films, TV soap operas and books dedicated to the event are everywhere.
Bookstores across the country are setting up special shelves for "red" books, or publications about the communist revolution and socialist construction, but how they can woo young readers growing up in the Internet era, listening to hip-hop and watching Hollywood blockbusters, remains a challenge.
Liu Yun, a 25-year-old school teacher in Beijing, said she would watch movies depicting the revolutionary era if the films featured her favorite stars.
"Red" books, however, were not at all interesting, and she found them hard to understand. Flipping through the autobiography of talk show host Yang Lan at the Beijing Book Building in Xidan, she said she preferred success stories about celebrities.
However, retired professor surnamed Zhai wants his 16-year-old grandson to read more "red" books. The 80-year-old, who declined to give his full name, said he believed books about the Chinese communists, Mao-era stories and revolutionary figures could have positive influence on his grandchild.
"Members of the CPC worked so hard to achieve what they have today," he said. "Their enterprising spirit deserves promotion."
The high school student's only approach to the Mao-era history has been through his grandfather's storytelling.
It is necessary for the younger generation to know that their current good life was hard to come by, but parents have to compromise, said Zhu Peiyun, mother of a 19-year-old son.
"My son thinks that part of history is a bit far from him, and he will know what he wants to know through TV programs and the Internet," she said.
Young people are interested in history, but a different approach is needed, said Xie Chuntao, co-author of bestseller "Why the Communist Party of China?" Xie's book, recounting the Party's history since its founding on July 1, 1921, has sold more than 200,000 copies since March.
Xie uses an objective approach, instead of constant preaching, said Zhang Qun, who was buying a copy at a bookstore in Nanjing.
Bookstores across the country are setting up special shelves for "red" books, or publications about the communist revolution and socialist construction, but how they can woo young readers growing up in the Internet era, listening to hip-hop and watching Hollywood blockbusters, remains a challenge.
Liu Yun, a 25-year-old school teacher in Beijing, said she would watch movies depicting the revolutionary era if the films featured her favorite stars.
"Red" books, however, were not at all interesting, and she found them hard to understand. Flipping through the autobiography of talk show host Yang Lan at the Beijing Book Building in Xidan, she said she preferred success stories about celebrities.
However, retired professor surnamed Zhai wants his 16-year-old grandson to read more "red" books. The 80-year-old, who declined to give his full name, said he believed books about the Chinese communists, Mao-era stories and revolutionary figures could have positive influence on his grandchild.
"Members of the CPC worked so hard to achieve what they have today," he said. "Their enterprising spirit deserves promotion."
The high school student's only approach to the Mao-era history has been through his grandfather's storytelling.
It is necessary for the younger generation to know that their current good life was hard to come by, but parents have to compromise, said Zhu Peiyun, mother of a 19-year-old son.
"My son thinks that part of history is a bit far from him, and he will know what he wants to know through TV programs and the Internet," she said.
Young people are interested in history, but a different approach is needed, said Xie Chuntao, co-author of bestseller "Why the Communist Party of China?" Xie's book, recounting the Party's history since its founding on July 1, 1921, has sold more than 200,000 copies since March.
Xie uses an objective approach, instead of constant preaching, said Zhang Qun, who was buying a copy at a bookstore in Nanjing.
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