Post by Boob Milby Jr.Why do trolling US neo-Nazis insist that China is socialist?
Haven't China removed any reference to Marx in their constitution long
ago?
Nope...
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No regrets: Xi says Marxism still ‘totally correct’ for China
Reuters
MAY 4 2018 4:06 AM EDT
Since coming to power in 2012, Xi, widely seen as the most powerful Chinese
leader since Mao Zedong, has said the party must not forget its socialist
roots as it works to attain the “great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation”.
Xi’s speech came near the end of a week-long propaganda blitz by state
media, with chat shows saying “Marx was Right” and cartoons of his wild
youth aiming to show his theories remain relevant to modern China and the
next generation.
The decision of China’s ruling Communist Party to stick with the political
theories of Karl Marx remains “totally correct”, President Xi Jinping said
ahead of the 200th anniversary of the German philosopher’s birth on
Saturday.
Since coming to power in 2012, Xi, widely seen as the most powerful Chinese
leader since Mao Zedong, has said the party must not forget its socialist
roots as it works to attain the “great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation”.
At the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Friday, Xi said, “Writing
Marxism onto the flag of the Chinese Communist Party was totally correct...
Unceasingly promoting the sinification and modernization of Marxism is
totally correct.“
Xi also instructed all party members to adopt the reading of Marxist works
and the understanding of Marxist theories as a “way of life” and a
“spiritual pursuit”.
Xi’s speech came near the end of a week-long propaganda blitz by state
media, with chat shows saying “Marx was Right” and cartoons of his wild
youth aiming to show his theories remain relevant to modern China and the
next generation.
Today, China, the largest self-identified socialist country, outwardly
displays all the trappings of a modern capitalist society, from rampant
consumption to a massive gap between the urban elite and rural poor.
The apparent contradiction between party rhetoric and appearance has
prompted many analysts to suggest the party is no longer really motivated by
Marxism but puts practical and economic concerns above all else.
However, Xi has wholeheartedly embraced the party’s founding ideology and
re-introduced study sessions that hark back to the Mao era, as he stresses
the need for China to be confident in its revolutionary history and
political system.
“Even if it offends our post-communist conventional wisdom, I think we have
to begin accepting the notion that Xi Jinping actually believes in Marx and
Marxism,” said Jude Blanchette, head of China practice for Crumpton Group, a
Washington-based advisory firm.
The emphasis on Marx also helps widen the ideological gulf with Western
capitalist democracies in the wake of such events as the 2008 global
financial crisis and the election of U.S. President Donald Trump, Blanchette
said.
“By embracing Marx even tighter, the party is contrasting itself with the
‘failing’ alternative political-economic model of the United States,” he
added.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/04/no-regrets-xi-says-marxism-still-totally-correct-for-china.html