{"id":526886,"date":"2021-05-19T18:50:09","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T22:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=526886"},"modified":"2021-05-19T18:50:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T22:50:17","slug":"biden-references-chinese-proverb-popularized-by-mao-zedong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-references-chinese-proverb-popularized-by-mao-zedong\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden References Chinese Proverb Popularized By Mao Zedong"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-references-chinese-proverb-popularized-by-mao-zedong%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=526886&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"41.83949044586\">\n<p>President Biden referenced a Chinese proverb popularized by Mao Zedong, the former chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, during his Coast Guard Academy commencement speech.<\/p>\n<p>During the speech, Biden stated that \u201cWomen hold up half the world,\u201d an apparent reference to a Chinese proverb that \u201cwomen hold up half the sky.\u201d Mao had famously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2017\/oct\/14\/in-china-women-hold-up-half-the-sky-but-cant-touch-the-political-glass-ceiling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">proclaimed<\/a>&nbsp;the saying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an absolutely stupid position not to make sure that [women] represent at least half of what we do,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/buzz\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biden<\/a> continued, citing the need for diversity in the military, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/news\/coast-guard\/biden-praises-coast-guard-s-key-role-in-global-maritime-environmental-security-1.673967\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stars and Stripes<\/a>. The comments were noted by The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7195806\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"32\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7195806\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7195806\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-495534893.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-495534893.jpg 2345w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-495534893-187x120.jpg 187w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-495534893-620x398-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-495534893-768x493-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-495534893-1536x986-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-495534893-2048x1315-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2345px) 100vw, 2345px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7195806\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Kevin Frayer\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This is not the first time Biden has quoted the proverb. During a July fundraiser, Biden alluded to the same phrase, stating that \u201cwomen hold up half the sky,\u201d and again referenced the expression during an ABC interview in August, as reported by The Washington Examiner. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/08\/24\/china-joe-biden-mao-zedong-women-half-sky-quote-abc-robin-roberts-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Biden Again Quotes Chinese Dictator Chairman Mao In Campaign Appearance)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/buzz\/mao-zedong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mao<\/a> is often remembered as the architect of the Great Leap Forward, a policy between 1958 and 1962 that killed 45 million people, a number far eclipsing the deaths attributed to Adolf Hitler or Joseph Stalin, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/volokh-conspiracy\/wp\/2016\/08\/03\/giving-historys-greatest-mass-murderer-his-due\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Biden also <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/19\/biden-coast-guard-graduates-dull-not-clapping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">called<\/a> the graduating class of cadets \u201cdull\u201d after they failed to react to his attempt at a joke. The president referred to the Coast Guard as \u201cthat hard nucleus around which the Navy forms in time of war.\u201d However, after Biden stammered through the quote, he was met with silence.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Biden referenced a Chinese proverb popularized by Mao Zedong, the former chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, during his Coast Guard Academy commencement speech. 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