Asked what the war was about, Long Chaogang said, "I don't know."
''Sixteen years on, China has produced no "Rambo," much less a "Deer
Hunter" or "Platoon.''
ouchhhh.....
''Forgetting on such a great scale is no passive act. Instead, it is a
product of the government's steely and unrelenting efforts to control
information, and history in particular.''
WHY?
''If the Chinese authorities have been so zealous about suppressing
debate it is perhaps because the experience, which effectively ended in
a bloody stalemate, runs so contrary to the ruling Communist Party's
prevailing narratives of a China that never threatens or attacks its
neighbors.''
Conclusion:
''"Propaganda is in the government's hands," he said.''
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/01/international/asia/01malipo.html?hp=&oref=login&pagewanted=print&position=
March 1, 2005
MALIPO JOURNAL
By HOWARD W. FRENCH
Was the War Pointless? China Shows How to Bury It
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