Are these Chinese artists laughing at China's history? No! This is not the laughter of happiness or mirth, nor of cynical uncaring. This is the laughter of madness, of caring so deeply, of pain so unbearable.
Look! Look at the eyes. They are shut. Are these Chinese artists saying it is best for Chinese not to see their history? No, this is devastating commentary on the willful blindness of China's ruling elite, royal and Red, through 5,000 years of history!
Yue Ming.
Chinese art students.
Look at the suffering you have caused!
Look at this poor woman's face! Done in the name, and by the authority of the Chinese rulers.
This is the laughter, these are the smiles, of happiness, of self-content, of the Red elite. So Drink! Drink up Song Binbin, Liu Jin. Drink to Bian Zhongyun, in Weili Ye's words, the first "sacrifice" of the Cultural Revolution. "Drink this, in remembrance of me."
