"When We Die for the People, It Is a Worthy Death" *
Music: Hu Shiping
Performed by the Song and Dance Ensemble of the General Political Department, China People's Liberation Army


Wherever there is struggle there is sacrifice,
and death is a common occurrence.
But we have the interests of the people
and the sufferings of the great majority at heart,
And when we die for the people, it is a worthy death.

*Quote from "Serve the People," a speech delivered by Mao Zedong on September 8, 1944 at a memorial meeting for Zhang Si-de.