

Was this 1954 collection of short stories by ideologically faithful cadres of the Chinese Communist Party full-on Maoist propaganda? Yes. Was it an interesting insight into the historical processes and concerns of the early Chinese Revolution? Also yes.
It doesn't seem any more jingoistic to me than many western movies of the post WWII period, and probably less so than, say, the Top Gun films.
The stories focus on the shift from traditional 👇
There is also an ethnic inclusivity in several of the stories, which focus on Mongolian and Kazakh people and how their cultures are to be respected whilst 👇 2d
While a couple of the stories are nothing more than propaganda, mostly they do have human stories to tell and I'm glad to have read them. 3.5 ⭐ 2d