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I’ve heard about the rebuilding of the Great Wall, in a 1990 (or thereabouts) copy of the lonely planet China edition. No where else. I look forward to reading your article about that. On my first trip to the Forbidden City I remember being struck by the Manchurian and Chinese characters, the bilingual nature of inscriptions there was interesting. A few years back I went again and didn’t see this. Could they have been removed ? Was the summer palace enlarged in 1990 ? I saw it then and there was no water, bulldozers were building it deeper and enlarging the lake- but this could be restoration perhaps 🤔?

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"Restoration" in China always means building entirely new stuff and calling it "historical".

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If that's true, then doesn't that suggests China's rich history of cultural excellence has always been tofu dreg?

No wonder why China richly deserves its century of humiliation--since it's more like a century of facing reality; China is a delusion like Santa Claus, the tooth fairy, Easter Bunny--and the Chinese are its afflicted, mental patients--sort of like turning schizophrenics, borderline personality disordered, body dysmorphics etc... into an ethnic/racial identity.

*In other words, to be Chinese is akin to showing your patriotic pride in mass formation psychosis... No wonder why China is so fiercely anti-psychology/mental health care.

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There's a lot of truth in that. There's a disturbing tendency towards gaslighting in Chinese society.

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"based stalinist"

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