# China’s ‘Generation Z’ Embraces Mao: Bullet Comments, ‘Teacher’ and Political Silence

https://mins.news/en/item/50608

- BBC Chinese, 2026-09-09 01:05 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/c33k4zjm6lro/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Some young people in China are turning to Mao Zedong through Bilibili videos, online comments and political discussion communities, often calling him “Teacher.” Mao Zedong Selected Works has topped Tsinghua University library’s annual borrowing list since 2019. Experts link the trend to job-market pressure, inequality and social immobility, while warning of its populist potential.

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