Here's the video of Ai Jing's "My 1997", which Andrew F. Jones notes in his article The Politics of Popular Music in Post-Tiananmen China (Blum, Jensen, pp. 306-7).
"My music teacher was my papa," she sings. "He's been working in a state-run factory for 20 years now.
"My mother used to sing northern style opera. She always sighs that she never saw good times."
"Come quick 1997!" she sings. "Then I can go to Hong Kong!"
MALS Modern China Blog Log
- cassietighe
- Charting China
- China Awakes
- Desire Path
- Emerging Dragon
- Fine China
- Ginko Dragon
- Jeanette B
- Mike's Mao Zedong Fan Blog
- Modern China
- Modern China Course
- Path of China
- Seeking Truth from Facts
- steveadam
- Susan's China Blog
- The Awakened Dragon
- The Dragon Awakes
- The Lun Yu
- The Year of the Rat
- Thomas Colclough
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You did a great job with your blog, and I loved reading your posts in class -- especially when you were playful. I'm sorry that I didn't have enough time this semester to comment on the blogs as I would have liked.
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