Standing at attention for Chinese national anthem boils down to good manners and simple respect

Hong Kong will soon pass a law that criminalises disrespectful behaviour when China’s national anthem is played. China’s first official anthem, Cup of Solid Gold, was adopted by the Qing government in 1911, in emulation of other modern nation states that had one. Between then and 1949, the country had several official and unofficial anthems until March of the Volunteers, originally a song from a patriotic film released in 1935, was made the national anthem of the newly founded...

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