# civil cohesion

Sixty-Year-Old Recording Brings Lei Feng’s Voice Back — and Revives a Campaign for Civic Sacrifice

A 60-year-old recording of soldier Lei Feng released on the Learn-from-Lei-Feng day has reanimated a state-sanctioned model of selfless service. The audio’s plainness, paired with recent acts of heroism by young Chinese like Jin Chenglong, has renewed official appeals for lifelong civic devotion amid social and economic strains.