Message from kheukrodt

[Anonymous]

Yearnings

I read this story and immediately related it to the showing of Roots here in the US in the 1970”s. With people hurrying home to watch the show and thousands glued to their TV. I thought of this because the showing of Yearning was a similar phenomenon, people hurrying home to watch their TV. The Yearning phenomenon was able to change a person thinking just as Roots was able to do. With Roots African Americans felt a sense of pride, while others looked at the period of slavery with a new understanding. In China, the broadcast of the Yearning was able to change the opinion of the people to be more favorable toward the government, following the Tiananmen massacre. It also helped that Li Ruihuan the overseer of national ideology embraced the show, using it to “push his moderate line.” The series also helped the career of Zheng Wanlong who was suspected of being involved in the Tiananmen demonstration, is now respected.

I would love to see this series!