Being Earnest

On November 17, 1957, Mao Zedong spoke in Moscow to Chinese students and trainees studying there. “What the world fears is the word ‘earnest,'” he said, “and the Communist Party insists most on being earnest.” (世界上怕就怕”认真”二字,共产党就最讲认真。)

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