Teaching Comparative Government and Politics

Friday, March 05, 2010

Learn from Lei Feng Day

A reminder from Jeremiah Jenne in Beijing. Don't forget to check out the great poster collection on Stefan Landsberger's web site.

Learn from Lei Feng Day!

On this date in 1963, Mao Zedong launched the “Learn from Lei Feng” campaign…

The fact that the diary was fictitious and a product of the propaganda department doesn’t necessarily rob Lei Feng of his significance — hey, it’s nice to be nice to others — and as political campaigns go, urging people to help each other and be frugal definitely has its merits. So, today let us all learn from Lei Feng: Help your fellow citizens, assist the elderly whenever possible, and, for goodness sake, watch out for large falling objects…



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