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The East Is Red (Dong Fang Hong) is a song that was the de-facto anthem of the People's Republic of China during the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s. During this period, Tien Han, the author of the official anthem The March of the Volunteers, was out of power, and so that song was not used. It is also a musical promoting socialism and Communism, especially Maoism.
Because of its associations with the Cultural Revolution, the song has been rarely heard after the rise of Deng Xiaoping in the late 1970s. Today in China the song is considered a somewhat unseemly reminder of the cult of personality associated with Mao and has largely been replaced by the March of the Volunteers which mentions neither the Communist Party or Mao.
It is also the name of a series of Chinese satellites. China's first satellite, Dong Fang Hong I consisted of a transmitter broadcasting this song.
"Red in the East rises a sun, China has brought forth a Mao Zedong;
He works for the people’s welfare, he is the people’s savior;
He works for the people’s welfare, he is the people’s savior.
Chairman Mao loves the people, he is our guide;
He leads us onward, to build a new China;
He leads us onward, to build a new China.
The Communist Party is like the sun, wherever it shines there is light;
Wherever the Communist Party goes, there the people are liberated;
Wherever the Communist Party goes, there the people are liberated.
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