DHundreds of dancers spin in a halo of lasers and 3D effects on the dark dance floor of the “Bird’s Nest”, the Olympic Stadium in Beijing: this February 4, the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics is breathtaking. The masterpiece was made by director Zhang Yimou, a masterful painter of historical frescoes on the epic beauty of Imperial China and the horrors of Maoism. Falling out of favor in 2013, supposedly for violating the one-child policy, he returns today as President Xi Jinping’s maestro.
Obviously, Zhang Yimou worked hand in hand with the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Public Affairs Department, otherwise known as the propaganda department. Dancers wearing…
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