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Because of its associations with the Cultural Revolution, the song has been rarely heard after the rise of Deng Xiaoping in the late 1970sMillennia: 1st millennium 2nd millennium 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Years: 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Events and trends. Today in China the song is considered a somewhat unseemly reminder of the
cult of personalityAdolf Hitler built a strong cult of personality, based on the Fuhrerprinzip''. The term cult of personality or personality cult generally refers in derogatory terms to what the term's users believe to be the excessive adulation of a single living leader. associated with Mao and has largely been replaced by the March of the VolunteersThe March of the Volunteers ( Simplified Chinese: , pinyin: Yiyngjun Jinxingq) is the national anthem of the People's Republic of China, written in the midst of the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) by the noted poet and playwright Tian Han with music compose which mentions neither the Communist Party or Mao.It is also the name of a series of Chinese satellites. China's first satellite, Dong Fang HongDong Fang Hong , meaning The East is Red is a space satellite program for China, which started in 1970. Satellites launched 1970 Dong Fang Hong 01 (Mao 1) 1971 Dong Fang Hong 02 (Mao 2) 1975 Dong Fang Hong 03 (Mao 3) Dong Fang Hong 04 (Mao 4) Dong Fang Ho I consisted of a transmitter broadcasting this song.