Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China

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Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China (Traditional Chinese: 沒有共產黨就沒有新中國; Simplified Chinese: 没有共产党就没有新中国) is a very popular song in the People's Republic of China originated in 1943.

[edit] Background

During World War II when China was fighting Japanese invasion, Chiang Kai-shek published a book titled The destiny of China (Traditional Chinese: 中國之命運; Simplified Chinese: 中国之命运) on 10 March 1943 with a slogan that "without Kuomintang there would be no China". The Communist Party of China published an editorial titled "without the Communist Party there would be no China" in Jiefang Daily (Chinese: 解放日报) on 25 August 1943 to criticize the book and concluded that "if today's China had no Communist Party of China, there would be no China. In October 1943, Cao Huoxing (zh:曹火星), a member of the Communist Party of China aged 19, created the lyric Without the Communist Party There Would Be No China based on this.

In 1950, shortly after the foundation of the People's Republic of China, Mao Zedong changed the title to Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China by adding a word "new".

On 26 June 2006, a memorial in honour of the song Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China was opened in Fangshan District, Beijing, China with an area of 6000 m².^[1]

[edit] Lyric

Traditional Chinese	Simplified Chinese	Hanyu Pinyin	Literal English translation
沒有共產黨就沒有新中國沒有共產黨就沒有新中國共產黨辛勞為民族共產黨他一心救中國他指給了人民解放的道路他領導中國走向光明他堅持抗戰八年多他改善了人民生活他建設了敵後根據地他實行了民主好處多沒有共產黨就沒有新中國沒有共產黨就沒有新中國	没有共产党就没有新中国没有共产党就没有新中国共产党辛劳为民族共产党他一心救中国他指给了人民解放的道路他领导中国走向光明他坚持抗战八年多他改善了人民生活他建设了敌後根据地他实行了民主好处多没有共产党就没有新中国没有共产党就没有新中国	Méiyǒu Gòngchǎndǎng jiù méiyǒu xīn Zhōngguó. Méiyǒu Gòngchǎndǎng jiù méiyǒu xīn Zhōngguó. Gòngchǎndǎng xīnláo wèi mínzú. Gòngchǎndǎng tā yīxīn jiù Zhōngguó. Tā zhǐ gěi le rénmín jiěfàng de dàolù. Tā lǐngdǎo Zhōngguó zǒuxiàng guāngmíng. Tā jiānchí le kàngzhàn bā nián duō. Tā gǎishàn le rénmín shēnghuó. Tā jiànshè le díhòu gēnjùdì. Tā shíxiàn le mínzhǔ hǎochùduō. Méiyǒu Gòngchǎndǎng jiù méiyǒu xīn Zhōngguó. Méiyǒu Gòngchǎndǎng jiù méiyǒu xīn Zhōngguó.	Without the Communist Party, there would be no new China. Without the Communist Party, there would be no new China. The Communist Party works hard for the people. The Communist Party - he strives to save China. He pointed the people the road to liberation. He leads China toward brightness. He adhered to the War of Resistance for over eight years. He improved the people's living. He established guerrilla bases. He practiced democracy, bringing many advantages. Without the Communist Party, there would be no new China. Without the Communist Party, there would be no new China.

Note: Cao Huoxing made the Communist Party masculine by using 他 (tā) that would literally mean "he", even though it would be normally considered neuter.