The song itself appears directed at the Chinese “motherland” as a whole, though the way Xi is presented center stage leaves it ambiguous who exactly the source of love is and who it is directed at.

Alumnus Lai Man Khong, 21, composed a patriotic song entitled “Kekal ... which is pop and Chinese music. “It was definitely a challenge but I put in a lot of effort into crafting the song.

As China faces its most critical moment ... Tian was commissioned to write lyrics for the theme song of a patriotic movie Children of Troubled Times. While the lines he had written in prison ...