Posted on 08/28/2013 4:34:53 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
How the Communist Party sells Xi Jinping’s 'Chinese Dream'
HONG KONG — To understand the attitude of China’s new leadership toward reform, you need to understand “The Chinese Dream.”
Adopted by Xi Jinping as his governing slogan at the end of last year, “The Chinese Dream” has since become ubiquitous in the People’s Republic: it’s featured in newspaper editorials, TV debates and elementary-school textbooks. It’s taught in universities, prisons and work training programs. It’s written on walls and plastered on propaganda billboards.
But what does “The Chinese Dream” mean?
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This half-joking post was shared over 9,000 times on Sina Weibo, China’s Twitter:
“The precise meaning of the Chinese Dream: 1. The UN relocates to Beijing; 2. Premier Li Keqiang inspects Taipei with the assistance of Provincial governor Ma Ying-jeou; 3. The Chinese National Football Team wins the FIFA World Cup and gains possession of the World Cup trophy for the first time ever; 4. Beijing accidentally bombs the Pentagon and expresses regret; 5. Aircraft carrier Liaoning returns to Hawaii to replenish supplies; 6. The stock index surpasses the million-point mark this week; 7. RMB becomes the sole international currency; 8. Increasing cases of Americans illegally immigrating to China in recent days!”
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I thought the MLK family had legally gained exclusive rights to use of the word “DREAM”.
Chinese dream — lets try Communism. Oops that didn’t work lets try Capitalism only lets continue to be authoritarian and regulate and control.
Huang He flows into the Sea and out to the world.
The Chinese version of the hammer and sickle isn’t as nice of a design as the USSR one was. And I’m surprised they’re still sticking with a loser symbol that wasn’t even closely invented in China.
Me, too.
Thank you. I wonder how many of our western leaders see at least that little bit. Might settling historical scores also be a part of plans for growth? I also wonder if children in the PRC are taught about some of the more sad international affairs of the past (enforcements of foreign interests against Chinese).
At least some folks in post-secondary studies are acquainted with some of those old occurrences (from a few discussions in person). I’m curious although more impolitely humorous at times than diplomatic—for example, informing others that most of us on the planet are at least some small part Mongolian. ;-)
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