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Yu Jihui: “A Stinking Old Ninth – A Tale of the Coal Capital” (updated on July 2020)
have stopped reading English for some time. But
now you have started to read it again. Why don’t you
read Chairman Mao’s books? What English book
have you read? Show me the book!”
I showed him the copy of the Beijing Review. It
was published in English. I gave the magazine to him.
He took the magazine and waved it in his hand and
roared,
“What is the book about?”
“The book is about propagating Mao Zedong
thought,” I said calmly.
“Nonsense!” he shouted at the top of his voice.
“Soapy is talking nonsense!” the revolutionary
masses chimed in. Then Cock asked again, “Is it a
book for propagating Mao Zedong Thought?”
“Yes, it is. It is a magazine. All the articles in it
are propagating Mao Zedong thought.”
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