{"id":2544,"date":"2006-08-30T12:50:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-30T16:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles-wp\/?p=2544"},"modified":"2006-08-30T12:50:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-30T16:50:00","slug":"still-on-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles\/2006\/08\/30\/12\/50\/still-on-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Still On Message"},"content":{"rendered":"

We make an unannounced visit to China’s only retirement home for non-commissioned veterans of the Red Army. It is a Potemkin old people’s home. From an army of millions, fewer than 30 enjoy the comforts of this quiet residence … Liu started her propaganda career in the 4th Army in 1933 and is still committed: ‘The whole purpose of our revolution was to achieve communism. That is what we fought for. In a communist state you can have anything you want and everyone is the same. We are not there yet.’<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We make an unannounced visit to China’s only retirement home for non-commissioned veterans of the Red Army. It is a Potemkin old people’s home. From an army of millions, fewer than 30 enjoy the...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t