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Tourists Mark Communist Party Centenary Legend 12 Established 1961 Lifestyle Features Tuesday, May 11, 2021 organized tours of sites including Yan’an and Jinggangshan-the “birthplace” of the In China’s ‘Red Red Army-where local officials are keen to show off infrastructure and poverty allevi- Holy Land’, tourists ation efforts. Officials in Yan’an repeatedly cited Edgar Snow, an American reporter known for his friendship with Mao in the mark Communist 1930s, as a model for telling China’s story to the world, urging today’s foreign corre- Party centenary spondents to follow his example. Party PR drive China’s President Xi Jinping, who is ourists pose for photos on Chairman also the general secretary of the Mao’s bed as the Chinese Communist Party, has been on an image- TCommunist Party — much-criticized making drive that puts his power and influ- overseas-marks its centenary year at ence on a comparable level with Mao. But home with PR push including office histo- Yemenis gather at a market in Yemen’s northeastern city of Marib. — AFP photos in the age of tech and mass entertain- ry outings, big-budget movies and careful- ment, his party has greater tools at its dis- ly constructed media tours. The ruling par- posal to reinforce its narrative. A block- ty, which celebrates the 100th year of its buster film, “1921”, starring A-listers in a founding in Shanghai this July, has reenactment of the Communist Party’s launched a propaganda blitz lauding its founding, is set to hit Chinese theatres on achievements over the past century in July 1, the official anniversary date. shepherding a poor, divided nation evis- “Outstanding” party members will receive cerated by war into a global superpower. a “July 1 Medal” at a grand ceremony in The pomp is undiluted by the acrimony Beijing on the same day, state media from the West, where politicians, experts reported. and business leaders warn of the party’s arkets in Yemen’s embattled Marib turnout this Eid is just like every other ‘Great joy’ The Communist Party of China has supersized ambitions and criticize its city are bustling with people gear- year,” Mohammed Ibrahim, a shop owner, But far from the frontlines, twinkling more than 91 million members, according human rights record. In Yan’an, a western ing up for the Eid Al-Fitr holiday, told AFP. “Despite what’s happening lights have been strung up around shops to the official Xinhua news agency-many M Chinese city that bills itself as a “Red despite fighting that has raged nearby around Marib, thank God, everything is and stores in Marib, where families of them grassroots cadres and ordinary Holy Land” where the party hunkered between government forces and Houthi good.” browsed through the many stalls selling civil servants. That makes it the world’s down in 1935 at the end of the Long rebels. While shoppers this week crowded Marib, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) products ranging from raisins and candy second-largest political party behind March to build a revolution, thousands of the streets of the city to buy clothes, east of the rebel-held capital Sanaa, had to sandals and watches. Customers India’s Bharatiya Janata Party. Beijing tourists flock each day to the dark caves sweets and nuts for the feast marking the witnessed relative stability since the war could be seen haggling with a vendor points to China’s rapid economic growth where Mao Zedong and his comrades end of the Muslim holy month of erupted in 2014 — becoming a safe selling new clothes for the holiday, while in recent decades and rising living stan- made home. Ramadan, pro-government forces stood haven for hundreds of thousands who others walked around and chatted with dards as evidence of the party’s enduring Tourists come in large family groups or guard with rifles in hand. fled frontline fighting. Its loss to the Iran- absolutely no health measures in place or value. But it is less keen, however, to on tours arranged by their employers, masks to curb the spread of the novel draw attention to the past century’s dark- including one group from Hunan who coronavirus. er chapters, including famine, the Cultural unveiled a banner in Chinese made for And while some customers complained Revolution, and crackdowns on resist- the centenary, declaring their employment of price inflation and of the struggles of ance movements. Discussion of the at a property management company. war, many said they found comfort in the bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown in Zhang Zhenxing, a tech employee from city’s ability to remain a sanctuary for now. 1989 continues to be censored on Hebei on a company-organized trip, said “Despite the Houthi missiles and the high Chinese social media, while China’s he wanted to “experience how the revolu- prices, there is great joy in the hearts of cyberspace authority last month urged tionary forebears achieved victory in such the citizens of this city because there is internet users to report “harmful” com- a difficult environment”. security and safety,” Hamdi Ahmed, a ments showing “historical nihilism”-narra- “That they could build a new China store owner, told AFP. The UN has sought tives that go against the party’s official under such difficulty was really not an to broker a deal between the warring history. — AFP easy feat, so I admire them deeply,” sides, but intense diplomacy has yet to Zhang told AFP. Foreign media including yield results. AFP have been invited on government- “For Yemenis, the battle of Marib has an existential importance-for their lives, their children, their future,” the head of Yemen’s office of the presidency, Abdallah Al-Alimi, said on Friday. For Yehya Al-Ahmedi, a city resident, it is clear that the people of Marib do not want Houthi rule. “The Houthis have not learnt the lesson... as they continue to try Since February, loyalists have faced a backed Houthis would be a major blow and enter the city, that the people reject fierce Houthi campaign to take over the for Yemen’s government, which is backed them and the reality rejects them,” he told city and its surrounding oil fields, which by a Saudi-led coalition, and could AFP. “They will continue to kill themselves make up the government’s last significant unleash a humanitarian disaster for the on the outskirts of the city, and the people foothold in the north of the war-torn coun- region’s civilians. Both sides sustained here will live in the joyous atmosphere of try. But residents are eager to celebrate heavy casualties at the peak of the fight- Eid... as if there is no war.”— AFP the holiday, even in the shadow of the ing, which went into a lull earlier this long conflict that has devastated the coun- month during talks in Oman aimed at This picture shows a tourist posing on a bed for a photo in the former residence of former try and plunged it into what the UN calls securing a ceasef ire, only to flare up Chinese leader Mao Zedong.— AFP the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. “The again in recent days. he Little Mix singer is expecting expecting a baby with her fiance Andre been hiding it for so long. I just feel T her first child with her “soulmate”, Gray. Like Perrie - who has been dating relieved that I can embrace my bump so I Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, and is Alex for four years - Leigh-Anne showed feel good. It’s such sensitive information excited to be embarking on the “wild jour- off her bump on Instagram to announce and I wanted to be the one to tell the ney” of pregnancy and parenthood. her pregnancy. She wrote alongside her world. This felt like the right time to bring it Alongside photos of her growing bump, picture: “We’ve dreamed about this out and say it. It’s scary ... I wanted to he 26-year-old model enjoyed her including one picture with Alex, the 27- moment for so long and we can’t believe enjoy the moment and I was scared that it T first Mother’s Day since she and year-old singer wrote on Instagram: “So the dream is finally coming true... we can’t was going to come out and I wasn’t going partner Zayn Malik welcomed happy to be on this wild journey with my wait to meet you. [heart and heart eye to be able to control that. You want to own baby Khai into the world in September soulmate. “Me + Him = You [world and emojis] (sic)” And after making the news it yourself. I’m happy I got to release that and she admitted she feels “so lucky” to heart emojis] “We can’t wait to meet you public, the ‘Black Magic’ singer admitted it imagery!” be a parent to the little girl. Marking baby Ox! (sic)” Perrie’s baby news comes was a huge relief to be able to speak Mother’s Day on Sunday, Gigi shared just a week after her bandmate Leigh- openly about it. She said: “I’m having a three new photos of her and her daughter Anne Pinnock announced she is also baby! It feels so weird saying it as I’ve - one out of focus of them in matching beige outfits, a second of the blonde beauty pushing the tot’s pram and a third Legend pays of them cuddling together in bed - on Instagram and wrote: “The rumors are true: my best friend, purpose, muse, tribute to Teigen for greatest pride & joy. “I feel so lucky and inspired bein your mama, my Khai !! An old soul full of sunshine, you light up getting through everyone’s days! Thank you thank you im Kardashian West’s youngest amazing smile and laughter and your thank you.(sic)” Gigi’s sister, Bella Hadid, K son has brought “calmness and sweet personality! Your tender spirit commented on the post, writing: “Khai the evenness” into her life.
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