https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/a4b5a4ef-74bd-4c9f-b985-15f52175e998 A song by Zhang Guangtian, a prolific musician of the new left in China, to the tune of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic", a feature it shares with the song "Solidarity Forever". The title is a reference to Mao Zedong's response to a group of Red Guards chanting for him in 1966. In 1989, a group of protesters echoed this sort of call and answer by responding with "long live the people" when passersby chanted "long live the students". Zhang Guangtian's songs have been highly controversial and some of which have even been censored by the government for tacitly praising the Cultural Revolution and opposing Deng Xiaoping's reforms. Originally released in 1993, the original recording of this song was the B-side to "Give Me Strength, Mao Zedong", one such song which did get censored. Performer: Zhang Guangtian (张广天) Composer: William Steffe (from "Battle Hymn of the Republic") Year Composed: 1861 Lyricist: Zhang Guangtian (张广天) Year Written: 1993 Image: Chinese protesters in 1989. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:41:49 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/a4b5a4ef-74bd-4c9f-b985-15f52175e998 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.