The Founding of the Republic
A review by Michael MacRitchie
This is not your typical war movie. Instead of dwelling on bloodshed on the battlefield, The Founding of a Republic focuses on the psychological war between China’s Nationalists and Communists, and the complex negotiations of their power struggle. The inclusion of archival black-and-white footage, from pivotal battles such as as those at Huaihai and Pingjin to mao Zedong’s address to the nation after the was, effectively turns the film into a history lesson.
The movie chronicles a turbulent period during the chinese civil war, between the end of the Sino-Japanese war in 1945 and the official founding of the People’s Republic of China on 1 October, 1949. In a little more than 2 hours, the audience witness the most tumultuous times in China’s events in China’s recent past, including negotiations between Communists and Nationalist, the outbreak of Civil war and the subsequent retreat of the nationalists to Taiwan.
The big question on many people’s minds is: Was this movie going to be a massive propaganda piece about the evil Nationalists (KMT) and a whitewashed version of the Communist Party of China (CPC, aka CCP)? Read the rest of this entry »
Obama-A Celebrity or Politician? How the entertainment world got Obama elected and; what does it mean now?
The US was desperate for something different after eight years of a Republican president who many say was one of the worst ever. At the end of his term, George W. Bush left the country with a major deficit, on the verge of financial collapse and mired in two wars, one of which he deftly manipulated the media to initiate. The lie that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction has to go down as one of the biggest media manipulations in the history of the media.It has been a long debated question whether Barack Obama is more of a politician or a celebrity. As a presidential candidate, he has come under heavy fire for his celebrity status. Seeing that all presidential candidates are under the merciless eye of both tabloid reporters and political columnists, the question is whether he has really earned this dubious reputation — and whether it matters. Read the rest of this entry »
Ask not what your endorsements can do for you but what you can do for your endorsements.
A photograph of the late President John Fitzgerald Kennedy is featured in a new worldwide Omega campaign for its Speedmaster chronograph watches.
The Swiss brand, part of the Swatch Group, said the connection between the Speedmaster and Kennedy was a natural one. It was during his 1,000 days in office that the US’s first manned space flights took place. On the final two missions, Wally Schirra and Gordon Cooper wore Omega Speedmasters on their spaceflights.
Before Cooper’s launch on 15 May 1963, the Speedmaster became the only watch ever to be approved by NASA for use on all of its manned flights, according to the firm. The chronograph has been part of every NASA manned mission since, including the six lunar landings. Read the rest of this entry »
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