Posted on 10/20/2017 9:08:12 AM PDT by Red Badger
CHINA’S leader has laid out his ambitious plans for a superpower in a three-hour speech with huge implications for Australia.
BEIJING has outlined plans to become the world’s biggest superpower within the next 30 years.
Opening a five-yearly national congress, Chinese President Xi Jinping set out his time frame for the country to become a “global leader” with international influence.
In his 3 ½ hour speech, Mr Xi urged a reinvigorated Communist Party to take a stronger role in society and economic development to better address the nation’s “grim” challenges.
Speaking in the massive Great Hall of the People near Tiananmen Square, Mr Xi laid out his vision of a ruling party that served as the vanguard for everything from defending national security to providing moral guidance.
He also called for the party not only to safeguard China’s sovereignty but also to revitalise Chinese culture, oppose “erroneous” ideology and promote religion that is “Chinese in orientation”. China’s President Xi Jinping gives his speech at the opening session of the Chinese Communist Party’s national congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
He said “it was time for his nation to transform itself into a mighty force” that could lead the entire world on political, economic, military and environmental issues, The Guardian reported.
“The Chinese nation … has stood up, grown rich, and become strong — and it now embraces the brilliant prospects of rejuvenation … It will be an era that sees China moving closer to centre stage and making greater contributions to mankind,” Mr Xi said.
Hailing the start of a “new era”, Mr Xi outlined a vision in which the party would lead China on the road to becoming a “great modern socialist country” by the mid-century.
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Pipe down Badger, we all need to keep buying Chinese products. I mean, what can go wrong? /s
I get tired of hearing people always say the price is so good, they have to buy the Chinese stuff.
It’s inevitable, we’ve always known conflict was coming, so much conflict, so many fronts, where does one begin?
His plan relies heavily on the Democrats’ ability to keep America down.
Mr Xi laid out his vision of a ruling party that served as the vanguard for everything, Blah, blah, blah.
Amazing how the most sucessful party, has to be “rejuvenated”
periodically. All hail Chairman Mao thought. Red Guards
to the rescue! Up with the new News, down with the old
olds!
The watchword is stability. The sixth generation Chinese Communist leadership has their roots in the chaotic 60s, a turbulent and unsettled time for China.
They are leery of radical change and democracy isn’t on their agenda. Chinese Communism is far younger than the Russian variant. The People’s Republic is only 68 years old.
And dynasties in China come and go.
The only claim to legitimacy the Chinese government has is an ideology no one believes in. The country is ruled by a narrow, corrupt clique whose predecessors shot their way to power and who maintain power by terror and violence. They are obsessed with the downfall of the Soviet Union and live in fear that it will happen to them. They fear their own people, who are more and more plugged in to the rest of the world and know that in other countries people actually choose their leaders. I see China as weak, not strong.
The Soviet Union was 74 when it disintegrated.
They will quickly tire of being the world’s policeman.
My dad was an old China hand.
He thought the Chinese would revert to capitalism within two or three generations after 1949.
Good point.
Whatever legitimacy the government has is in delivering a better life for the people and in making China a strong and respected country.
The problem is corruption, abuse of power and the lack of freedom threaten the country’s long term future.
Xi’s problem is the party’s absolute rule can only be ensured if the party is led by principled and decent people. But he won’t be around forever to keep it in place. If only because of human nature.
And the demands for freedom can’t be deferred indefinitely. Its not a question of if but when China will ultimately undergo democratization.
The current issue of The Economist has a picture of Xi on the cover with the caption “The Most Powerful Man in the World”. When I saw it I flashed back to all the magazine covers in the 1980’s that featured Mikhail Gorbachev.
Wasn’t there, an episode of Star Trek, where the ChiCons, ruled the world, until Capt Kirk came along?
Thank you Mr. Kissinger, Nixon for waking up Chinamunism.
Average Chinese see him as a decent man who is cracking down on corruption and trying to bring them a better life.
The problem is that Xi is term limited and no guarantee his successors will continue down the same path.
He doesn’t want to be Gorbachev and he would like the Chinese Communist Party to avoid the fate that befell the Soviet party.
The Chinese nomenklatura share a dedication to keeping their power and ensuring economic growth and social stability. But on future reforms there are no doubt differences of view.
A peaceful transition to democracy is probably going to take at least a generation though it could happen sooner if an unforeseen regime crisis should erupt.
China and India are demographic giants and the superpowers of tomorrow.
They have a lot of challenges to address but on the whole they are prosperous and peaceful societies.
With the decline of Western power, we are entering a period of transition.
I believe that is how Gorbachev viewed himself. BTW, I saw a photo of the recent Party leadership meeting. It showed a row of stone-faced old men wearing nearly identical suits all raising their hands to the exact same height to approve some resolution or other. Very reminiscent of the USSR.
1) Americans prove every day at the cash register that they will not pay more for "American-made."
2) After 40 years of Americans doing this, there isn't nearly as much "American-made" left out there to choose from.
3) Increasingly, what is left of "American-made" means "made in a sweatshop in L.A. by illegal aliens" - so be careful about what are you really rewarding when you buy it.
Rule the World , ya right China still does have enough Chinese
India has a huge challenge: their multi-ethnic society, with multiple major languages and religions. How that country stayed together since its independence still kind of amazes me.
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