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![永遠の友情を - To Eternal Friendship (Sino-Japanese Friendship Song) [Chinese Choir]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dSBXL70L1IQ/hqdefault.jpg "永遠の友情を - To Eternal Friendship (Sino-Japanese Friendship Song) [Chinese Choir]
A song composed by Japanese Maoist singer Mitsuko Ogasawara, known for her performances of The East Is Red (https://youtu.be/Kxb2PApwLYs) and Sailing the Seas Depends on the Helmsman (https://youtu.be/YIomuSAz_Ic) in Japanese. The lyrics to the song were written collectively as part of Ogasawaras Sino-Japanese Friendship Song Classroom (日中友好の歌の教室), a group active during the Cultural Revolution with the goal of translating Chinese revolutionary songs and writing songs of friendship between the two countries. After the end of the Cultural Revolution, Ogasawaras focus shifted more to the DPRK and she became chair of the Japanese-Korean Music and Arts Exchange Association (日朝音楽芸術交流会). This recording was performed by a Chinese soloist and choir, but a recording with Ogasawara herself singing the song also exists: https://youtu.be/Bzg2f5n7wUM
Chinese Title: 为了永恒的友誼
Performer: Yang Jie (楊潔), Chorus of the China Broadcasting Performing Arts Group (中国广播艺术团合唱团)
Year recorded: 1984
Composer: Mitsuko Ogasawara (小笠原美都子)
Lyricist: Sino-Japanese Friendship Song Classroom (日中友好の歌の教室)
Source: Vinyl record 草原情歌
Image: Sino-Japanese friendship poster that was later repurposed as the Guide to Japanese-Language Magazines in China (中国の日本語版雑誌案内).
Text:
“日本除了亲美的垄断资本和军国主义军阀之外，广大人民都是我们的真正朋友。”
——毛泽东
「日本の親米独占資本と軍国主義戦争屋を除けば、広く人民は我々の真の友人である。」
——毛沢東
In spite of pro-US monopoly capital and militarist warmongers, the Japanese people at large are our true friends.
—Mao Zedong")
![The Internationale: Mandarin (国际歌：普通话版) [Rare Version]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/h6Q3U4yhV1E/hqdefault.jpg "The Internationale: Mandarin (国际歌：普通话版) [Rare Version]
The standard Mandarin Chinese version of The Internationale, released on the occasion of the 1997 handover of Hong Kong.
Instrumental version: https://youtu.be/00go02OKo8w
Performer: Central Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Of China (中国中央管弦乐团及合唱团)
Year Recorded: 1997
Composer: Pierre De Geyter
Year composed: 1888
Lyricists: Xiao San (萧三), adapted from French lyrics by Eugène Pottier
Year Written: 1923 (Chinese version), 1871 (French original)
Source: CD 中華人民共和國慶典歌曲
Picture: Poster The Internationale (国际歌), depicting the first line of the song.")
