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🚨 Red Alert: Bizarre Video Posted by Chinese Embassy
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June 15, 2023 • Read in: 6 minutes
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🚨 Red Alert: Bizarre Video Posted by Chinese Embassy
What Happened: The Chinese government recently posted a bizarre video on its official Twitter account for its embassy in France. The video, titled “Les femmes de l’armée chinoise” (“The women of the Chinese army”), features clips of female Chinese soldiers marching in sync with a soundtrack from a game called “Command & Conquer: Red Alert.”
The Music: Precisely speaking, the music is from the opening of the infamous 1996 real-time strategy game “Command & Conquer: Red Alert.” The game is set in an alternate timeline where Albert Einstein discovers time travel and removes Adolf Hitler from history, leading to a new conflict between the Allied Forces and the Soviets.
Unclear Motives: It is unclear what sparked the tweet from China or if it is drawing any ties or connection to the game itself. However, it comes amid growing aggression from China, both at home and abroad.
What do you think? Is China just having fun actualizing its militaristic fantasies with great music? At least people on Twitter seem to be having fun with this clip. Many are praising China’s “good taste in video game soundtracks,” or succumbing to their base instincts:
