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Authors: Geremie Barme

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Page 251
Yet could make out that ravenous neighbour who,
under the guise of "coexistence and co-prosperity,"
was shamelessly stealing electricity from China
At this point, Mao Zedong stepped forward angrily
and with a right hook sent the Japanese reeling
and their boastful signature fell sprawling on that
pledge of surrender in 1945
As the ambassador of light
he often used his 1.83 meters in height
to act as a high-voltage pole
the fiery gaze of the people
providing him with energy
But, exhausted by overwork,
he fell one day
And now his vast and deep Thought
has become the energy source for all China
Mao Anying
Lu Ximing
Bitter sacrifice strengthens bold resolve
Which dares to make sun and moon shine in new skies.
Mao Zedong
3
You were Mao Zedong's son
New China's "No. 1 Princeling"
But you did not care about your status
for you knew you were
the child of a revolutionary
the relative of martyrs
a member of the Communist Party of China!

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