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This concluding chapter will propose that what comes into clear view in China’s school music education is complex and contradictory, but also mutually constitutive, regarding the relationship between nationalism and multiculturalism in the interplay between communist ideology and contemporary values in the achievement of the Chinese Dream in music education. It will also revisit and restate conceptualizing pedagogical approaches to school music education as falling along a continuum: at one end is school music education as a political discipline, and at the other is the past as a site of cultural memory . There is also an eclectic mix of possible answers to why the state is trying to preserve traditional Chinese, Chinese socialist, and more collective values as it moves toward a new economic direction with the integration of popular music and other world music.
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The poster for the core socialist values tree in both Chinese and English versions can be found at http://en.people.cn/90785/8494839.html, and other posters on the core socialist values can be found at https://pngtree.com/freebackground/socialist-core-values-%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8Bposters_623256.html (retrieved December 12, 2017).
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Square dancing (also known as plaza dancing or public square dancing) (guangchang wu) is an exercise routine performed to often deafeningly loud music, overtaking public spaces such as parks, squares, or plazas of the nation’s cities. It is popular with middle-aged and retired women, who are also referred to as “dancing grannies” in the English-language media. In August 2013, a group of senior Chinese women dancing in New York’s Sunset Park were confronted by local police following complaints about noise from nearby residents. In China, after a host of complaints over loud and disruptive gatherings, the PRC Government employed an “expert panel” to choreograp h a set of 12 state-approved square dances (The Guardian, March 24, 2015).
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Harbin is the capital and largest city of Heilongjiang Province in the northeastern region of Mainland China, with a population of more than 5.8 million. Harbin serves as a key political, cultural, economic, and scientific hub in Northeast China. It is also an important industrial base for the Chinese nation. Designed by MAD Architects in 2010, which has offices in Beijing and Los Angeles, the Harbin Opera House and its cultural center took their inspiration from the icy weather that is prevalent in the region. The Harbin Opera House hopes to inspire a more natural approach to architecture in Harbin. Photos of Harbin Opera House can be found at https://www.archdaily.com/778933/harbin-opera-house-mad-architects/56717b18e58ecec579000005-harbin-opera-house-mad-architects-photo (retrieved December 12, 2017).
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Lang Lang (born in Shenyang, Liaoning, China in 1982) is a popular Chinese concert pianist who has performed with leading orchestras in Asia (including his native China), Europe, and the United States. After starring in the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games , Lang Lang rocketed to international stardom. His name has also become a trademark. In 2008, Lang Lang released his second biograp hy, Journey of a Thousand Miles, which was published in eight languages.
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Li Yundi (born in Chongqing , China, in 1982) is a popular Chinese classical pianist. He is most well known for being the youngest and first Chinese pianist to win the International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, in 2000, at the age of 18.
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BRICS is the acronym for the association of the five major, emerging national economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Originally, the first four nations were organized as BRIC, before the introduction of South Africa in 2010. Since 2009, the nations have met annually at formal summits. The promising area of BRICS is economic-financial cooperation. The BRICS bloc represents 43% of the world population and possesses 30% of world GDP and 17% of the shares in world trade (BRICS, 2016). China will host the 9th BRICS Summit in Xiamen in September 2017.
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This music video can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9ZkZNYHZ_k (retrieved December 12, 2017).
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The song “Xi Dada Loves Peng Mama ” was written by lyricist Song Zhigang from Zhengzhou (the provincial capital of central China’s Henan Province) and sung by three composers, Yu Runze, Xu An, and Liu Tianyi. The song was inspired by a public display of affection between President Xi and his wife, and the foursome decided to start a band and wrote the song on November 16, 2014. They also collected photos that represented President Xi and his wife’s love for each other to improve the song’s performance. Two days later, they finished their work and successfully uploaded the edited music video to Tencent’s web server (a leading provider of value-added Internet in Mainland China) on November 18 (Liu, 2014).
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These three online animations are entitled “Is the ‘Mass Line’ Campaign for Real?”, “Is It Easier for the Public to Get Stuff Done with the Government?”, and “Are Officials Really Scared?”.
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The music video (with English subtitles) can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbSpRgn3gaQ (retrieved December 12, 2017).
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The music video with English subtitles can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbBKPqOh6DU (retrieved December 12, 2017).
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Some samples of the posters can be found at http://shanghaiist.com/2014/12/31/shandong-students-make-posters-promoting-socialist-core-values.php (retrieved December 12, 2017).
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