The Beijing summer heat made it hard to breathe as I entered the infamous Tiananmen Square, the" Gate of Heavenly Peace." A relic of Communist propaganda behind me read "Devote Great Efforts to Building up our Socialist Spirit and Civilization." People sped by on bicycles ignoring the obsolete piece of advertising for a political system that was quickly losing momentum and membership. As I continued through the Square, I noticed a little boy about the age of ten urinating in front of Chairman Mao's mausoleum. What was China coming to, I thought, when a little boy would be urinating on one of China's most beloved leaders' grave site? I looked back at the billboard and realized that China's communism was a house of cards. What the billboard reads in the minds of most youthful Chinese today was "Devote Great Efforts to Building Up My Wealth and Success
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