tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post6037265360975109523..comments2024-03-16T01:00:19.876-05:00Comments on The Mad Monarchist: Royal Profile: Prince Pu-Chieh of ChinaMadMonarchisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-89749024656625821142012-04-27T11:34:11.790-05:002012-04-27T11:34:11.790-05:00I would like to think so as well, and there's ...I would like to think so as well, and there's really no way of knowing. However, even if they were (or thought they were) being sincere, I still cannot hold it against them. They would not be the first to succumb to the psychological pressure to sympathize with their captors and both were subjected to years of brainwashing. Both said the Communists were fair, considerate and helpful -but of course they would not have been allowed to say anything else. Mao wanted to use them as living symbols of the Maoist version of "New Soviet Man" and if they proved unsatisfactory they would certainly have been killed.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-82868744402874886662012-04-27T09:28:05.475-05:002012-04-27T09:28:05.475-05:00Both Pu Yi and Pu Chieh could be criticised for al...Both Pu Yi and Pu Chieh could be criticised for allowing themselves to be used as propoganda tools, for the Mao dictatorship. But both men faced a certain death sentence if they had not co-operated. I have always liked to believe that despite paying lip service to Maoist claptrap, both the Emperor and his brother remained loyal to the Q`ing dynasty, in their hearts.C. Dominic Rose-Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05229931622495395728noreply@blogger.com