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...film's most striking qualities is its scope. It reaches back into China's past, providing a brief but surprisingly comprehensive history of the Communist Party and its hero, Mao Zedong. Outstanding archival footage (some of it dating back several decades) of lavish parades and boisterous rallies effectively conveys the Chinese people's devotion to the Party and its ideals...
...Gate of Heavenly Peace also focuses on Tiananmen Square itself as a place rich in historic and symbolic meaning. The largest square in the world, Tiananmen is where Mao announced the birth of the People's Republic of China in 1949, and since then has been the center of the country's political life. Forty years later, Tiananmen Square would become the site for the student pro-democracy movement's challenge to the Party's increasingly questionable political practices...
...further effort to consolidate his position, Jiang last week took a well-publicized trip to impoverished villages in northwestern China, a region that has not benefited from Deng's economic reforms. He was filmed walking through fields and visiting the elderly in scenes reminiscent of Mao Zedong's propaganda, not Deng's. The message was that Jiang was not a mere successor to Deng but a leader in the mold of Mao, for whom many Chinese, especially those in the countryside, are increasingly nostalgic. Some experts say Jiang's willingness to distance himself from Deng and his policies implies that...
...freedoms that are the basis for prosperity be reconciled with central political control? A search is beginning for a process in which China's people can have some say in public affairs and see some evidence that their leaders respect them. It is a commonplace that all-powerful, charismatic Mao and Deng were in the tradition of China's Emperors. Jiang Zemin and his rivals are mere politicians. They must be responsive ones, or the tiger will toss them off its back...
...mind that antagonism does little good. After all, if in the future China replaces the U.S. as the world's superpower, it might be the Taiwanese government that would eagerly talk about a reunification across the strait. By that time, hopefully, the Taiwanese won't have to wear Mao suits...