{"id":11554,"date":"2011-01-24T23:13:41","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T04:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=11554"},"modified":"2011-01-24T23:13:41","modified_gmt":"2011-01-25T04:13:41","slug":"chinese-pianist-calls-americans-jackals-in-a-song-performed-at-a-white-house-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/chinese-pianist-calls-americans-jackals-in-a-song-performed-at-a-white-house-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese pianist calls Americans \u201cjackals\u201d in a song performed at a White House dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s all part of the new political civility.<\/p>\n

From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

A Chinese pianist struck a sour note at a White House state dinner with a rendition of a well-known anti-American anthem.<\/p>\n

With the Chinese and U.S. presidents among the dozens of dignitaries watching, Lang Lang belted out \u2018My Motherland\u2019, the theme tune to the Chinese-made Korean War film \u2018Battle on Shangangling Mountain\u2019.<\/p>\n

The song has been a propaganda tool in China for decades and includes a disparaging reference to Americans as \u2018jackals\u2019 who will be shot with hunting rifles.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can hardly blame the Chinese for treating the American government like half-witted wimps considering the same government gave a benign nod to the building of a victory mosque on the site of a mass murder committed in the name of Islam.<\/p>\n

Here it is:<\/p>\n

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