177 Martin Wood08-01-19
Hi
I just watched the latest programme in which it was announced that the residents of Beijing are being told they must smile for the duration of the Olympic Games. To anyone from the West it is absolutely astonishing that China would go so far as officially abolishing unhappiness to ensure the outside world sees the Games as a success. Has anybody in the Communist Party ever read 1984, I wonder?
I understand that the announcers have little control over the content of the prgram. If they did they would never transmit anything so absurd. Anyway best regards for your programme which I, otherwise, enjoy and has helped quite a lot with my Mandarin
Martin