China’s state media try to make thoughts of President Xi cool with rap video about his political theory
China’s state-run media has released another cartoon rap video to try to get the Communist Party’s political message across to the young.
WATCH: Xinhua’s “Four Comprehensives” rap
The video started to circulate on social media in China on Tuesday morning. Xinhua described it as a “quirky, catchy song”.
An animated music video was released last October by the communist authorities about China’s 13th Five-Year Plan.
It featured four cartoon characters with American-accented English as they stood on top of a retro Volkswagen van.
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Two months later another cartoon rap about reform was released to mark the second anniversary of the “Central Leading Group for Comprehensively Deepening Reforms”, a high-level committee founded and headed by President Xi.
Xi’s “Four Comprehensives” political theory refers to “comprehensively” building a moderately prosperous society, deepening reform, governing the country according to the rule of law, and enforcing strict Communist Party discipline.
The latest rap’s lyrics include: