Chairman Mao is making a comeback among China’s Generation Z. The Mao fad lays bare the paradoxical reality facing China’s Communist Party, which celebrated the centenary of its founding on July 1. “The new generation is lost in this divided society, so they will look for keys to the problems,” a Maoist blogger wrote on the WeChat social media platform. Today’s Gen Z in China are harking back to the feelings a much older generation had for Mao. ‘Who are our enemies?’Many social media users like to quote the first sentence of the first volume: “Who are our enemies?

Source: The Star July 10, 2021 22:30 UTC