The Immortal Lei Feng Spirit
Renmin Ribao editorial, March 5, 1993
When Lei Feng died in the line of duty, he was only 22, but his short
life gives concentrated expression to the noble ideals of a new people,
nurtured with the communist spirit, and also to the noble moral integrity
and values of the Chinese people in the new period. These are firm faith
in communist ideals, political warmheartedness for the party and the
socialist cause, the revolutionary will to work arduously for self-improvement,
the moral quality and self-cultivation of showing fraternal unity and
taking pleasure in assisting others, the heroic spirit of being ready
to take up cudgels for a just cause without caring for one's safety,
the attitude of seeking advancement and studying hard, and the genuine
spirit of matching words with deeds and enthusiastically carrying out
one's duties.
Lei Feng's comeback:
New-Old Role
Model: Peking propagandists bring back their '60s hero: Lei Feng,
The Christian Science Monitor, March 6, 1987.
Out of China: Such is the stuff heroes are made
of in China, The Independent, March 10, 1990
He's the Very Model of a Legendary
Communist, New York Times, Feb. 27, 1990
'Learn From Lei Feng' --
Model for Austerity Revived, San Francisco Chronicle, August 16,
1990
The Foolish Old Man, and Other
Heroes: All Chinese are Fed an Endless Diet of Role Models, Los
Angeles Times May 8, 1990
At a Trying Time, China Revives
Mao's Model Man, New York Times, April 16, 1998
A Maoist Hero's Ghost Tilts with Falun
Gong, New York Times, May 30, 2001
China Revamps Revolutionary Hero,
Associated Press, Feb. 28, 2003
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