Q&A on the News
Q: What are the words to the Chinese anthem (played at the French Open after China’s Li Na won the women’s singles title)? -- Martha Hunt, Hoschton A: The lyrics to “March of the Volunteers,” written in 1935 by poet Tian Han, are: Arise, ye who refuse to be slaves! Let us amount our flesh and blood towards our new Great Wall! The Chinese nation faces its greatest peril, The thundering roar of our peoples will be heard! Arise! Arise! Arise! We are many, but our hearts beat as one! Selflessly braving the enemy's gunfire, march on! Selflessly braving the enemy's gunfire, march on! March on! March on! On! The lyrics honor those who fought the Japanese in northeast China in the 1930s.
