http://beijingcream.com/2012/08/my-family-runs-the-public-security-bureau-is-the-new-my-dad-is-li-gang/ A Dollop of China Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:42:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://beijingcream.com/2012/08/my-family-runs-the-public-security-bureau-is-the-new-my-dad-is-li-gang/#comment-105805 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 07:32:31 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=4618#comment-105805 [...] the anti-Gangnam mental block so that you click play; other memes also make a cameo, such as “My dad is Li Gang.” And third, it highlights the ongoing Hong Kong-mainland China rivalry, which transcends [...]

]]> http://beijingcream.com/2012/08/my-family-runs-the-public-security-bureau-is-the-new-my-dad-is-li-gang/#comment-39259 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 17:55:46 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=4618#comment-39259 [...] “My Family Runs The Public Security Bureau” Is The New “My Dad Is Li Gang” [...]

]]> http://beijingcream.com/2012/08/my-family-runs-the-public-security-bureau-is-the-new-my-dad-is-li-gang/#comment-32202 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 02:52:20 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=4618#comment-32202 My father is Li Gang and my family runs the public security bureau! I don’t care if you believe it, I believe it!

]]> http://beijingcream.com/2012/08/my-family-runs-the-public-security-bureau-is-the-new-my-dad-is-li-gang/#comment-32177 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:37:00 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=4618#comment-32177 [...] “My Family Runs The Public Security Bureau” Is The New “My Dad Is Li Gang” Beijing Cream People have latched on to the phrase “My family runs the Public Security Bureau.” Isolated from the context of an angry young man fighting for the honor of his mother, the words serve as a blunt reminder of the perceived arrogance of this country’s children of privilege. (Lu Jianbo’s father is Lu Shengmin, who Global Times says “is in charge of office management, finance and infrastructure work at the local public security bureau,” i.e. the deputy political commissar of the Jingjiang Public Security Bureau.) if Jianbo isn’t exactly a fu’erdai — second-generation rich — he’s the next best/worst thing: second-generation powerful. In other words, he will never win a public relations battle. [...]

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