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Paul Malgrati
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Franco-Scot poet & scholar 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿| Now in🇨🇭| author of ‘Poèmes Écossais’ & ´Robert Burns and Scottish Cultural Politics’: https://t.co/RE4a1rRa1j
Jan 28, 2023 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
Robert Burns and Modern China [a short thread]. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇳

The Chinese government has recently made two heavy uses of Burns in its propaganda. One was the giant Mandarin rendition of 'Auld Lang Syne' at the finale of the Beijing Olympics in February 2022.

Then we also find 'Auld Lang Syne' in the Soundtrack of 'The Rebel', a 2021 Chinese series commemorating the centenary of the Chinese Communist Party.

Jan 19, 2021 • 11 tweets • 6 min read
[THREAD] Here's a Top 10 Global Burns Supper Facts drawn from @UofGlasgow @GlasgowBurns's Interactive World Map of Burns Suppers.

The map features more than 2,500 suppers across 150 countries. Link here: burnsc21.glasgow.ac.uk/supper-map/

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1/11 Image 1. The southernmost Burns Supper was held on 25 January 2013 at Port Lockroy, Antarctica. Scientist Flo Barrow brought a 40-year old tin of Haggis to share with four colleagues. dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-… Image