Mao Mausoleum As "World Heritage" Criticized

Follow us on TWITTER:   / cnforbiddennews   Like us on FACEBOOK:   / chinaforbiddennews   Recently, it became popular in China to apply for World Heritage sites. The Mao Mausoleum at Tiananmen Square is also included in the construction list of the "Central Line of Beijing", in which the Beijing government plans to apply for World Heritage sites. Chinese netizens have reacted strongly to this news. Some remarked that, the CCP is trying to popularize a devilish murderer who is much worse than Hitler; this is making a fool of international society and humiliating the whole of human civilization. The "Central Line", also called "backbone of Beijing", extends 7.8 kilometers from Yongding Gate in the south to the Drum Tower and the Bell Tower in the north. According to a Beijing News report, Lu Zhou, chief of Tsinghua National Heritage Center who is writing the application materials for "Central Line", revealed that the road was expected to be added into the recommended list of World Heritage sites in 2014. Lu also mentioned that, besides the constructions from Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasty, some modern buildings are also listed in applications for World Heritage sites, including the Monument to the People's Heroes, the Great Hall of the People, the National Museum and the Mao Mausoleum. Lu claimed that, the "Mao Mausoleum" was the most important construction project on "Central Line" in the 1970s; it is applied for as a World Heritage site because it reflects the effect of "Central Line" on the constructions of Beijing. A Beijing dissident Li Jincheng remarked that, as Mao has committed monstrous crimes, it is a humiliation to humanity to make a memorial to him a World Heritage site. (Li Jincheng, Beijing dissident):"After the CCP came into power, they committed monstrous crimes. Tens of Millions of people starved to death between 1958 and 1962. It ( CCP )almost killed 80 million people but many Chinese still don't know about it because the CCP has hidden the truth by distorting history. If the Mao Mausoleum really becomes a World Heritage site, there will be no justice left in this world." Internet writer Jing Chu remarked that, Mao Zedong can be regarded as a devilish murderer a hundred times worse than Hitler; popularizing him globally is making a fool of international society. (Jing Chu, internet writer) says: "Mao showed no conscience throughout his life as he wrecked our country and people. He never did anything good for the Chinese people. Instead he only brought us blood and tears. Mao is an absolute disaster to all Chinese. How can it be not a bad joke to honor the memory of such a murderer with a World Heritage site?" Last April, a famous Chinese economist Mao Yushi wrote an article "Recover Mao's truth as a human: Reading the book 'Fall of the Red Sun'". In the article, he remarked that "Mao's fake divinity would finally be eliminated and that he would be brought to justice." In Mao Yushi's article, he listed Mao's crimes after the CCP came into power. The list includes the "Great Leap Forward" campaign which led to a 3-year famine and starved 30 million to death, the "Cultural Revolution" which killed 50 million in it's many "class conflict" movements. Furthermore, Mao was extremely licentious but no one dared to criticize him. Mao Yushi wrote that, "Even so, the portrait of that evil leader still hangs on Tiananmen today". Earlier, a Beijing writer Tie Liu initiated a signature movement calling for bringing Mao's crimes to justice, moving his body out of the Mausoleum and removing his portrait from Tiananmen. (Jing Chu, internet writer) says: "Mao's body should be moved out from his crystal coffin and be lashed by all Chinese people to express their grudge against him." The application for the Mao Mausoleum as a World Heritage site induced hot discussion on the Internet. Since many netizens argued strongly against the plan, the authorities had to delete relevant posts and close the comments on many news websites. Even so, numerous posts against the plan were still left on micro-blog sites. Some netizen said, "The Mausoleum should be pulled down". Another replied, "it's a waste to pull down the building; it's better to make it a museum of the 10-year disastrous period following the Cultural Revolution, warning that period's generation not to let this happen again." Some ironic post said, "I suggest also applying for Mao's body to be a World Heritage site, with the reason that 'this person had inherited all the cruelty, craftiness and treachery in Chinese history.'" 《神韵》2011世界巡演新亮点 http://www.ShenYunPerformingArts.org/