Posted on 09/08/2021 4:31:40 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
BEIJING — An avalanche of changes launched by China’s ruling Communist Party has jolted everyone from tech billionaires to school kids. Behind them: President Xi Jinping’s vision of making a more powerful, prosperous country by reviving revolutionary ideals, with more economic equality and tighter party control over society and entrepreneurs.
Since taking power in 2012, Xi has called for the party to return to its “original mission” as China’s economic, social and cultural leader and carry out the “ rejuvenation of the great Chinese nation.”
The party has spent the decade since then silencing dissent and tightening political control. Now, after 40 years of growth that transformed China into the world’s factory but left a gulf between a wealthy elite and the poor majority, the party is promising to spread prosperity more evenly and is pressing private companies to pay for social welfare and back Beijing’s ambition to become a global technology competitor.
Xi has yet to give details, but in a society where every political term is scrutinized for significance, the name revives a 1950s propaganda slogan under Mao Zedong, the founder of the communist government.
Xi is reviving the “utopian ideal” of early communist leaders, said Willy Lam of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. “But of course, huge question marks have arisen, because this will hurt the most creative and lucrative parts of the economy.”
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Drivel
The communist AP can’t grasp the fact that Xi is finally recognizing that the communist ideology has lost it’s shine. He is in trouble everywhere he turns.
China is infested with capitalists from street vendors to Jack Ma. Young women wear Daisey Mae jean shorts. Life savings are invested in real estate.
Yet, China plans to open a Stock Exchange in Beijing.
Crash and burn
They are gearing up for war. They are preparing the battlefield for a war against the US and whatever allies it manages to cobble together; no mean feat after the Biden regime showed our allies exactly how much we can be counted on. They are preparing domestically, internationally in cyber space, in actual space and every place in between. Unlike past global conflicts, we will see the direct effects of war right here in the US. Chances are we'll see US civilian casualties in large numbers on US soil as a result.
Even if the US government is whistling past the graveyard and not taking the threat very seriously, we should. Be aware of the threats, prepare for the threats, and know exactly what you need to do to react to the threats once they materialize..
Alternate headline: “Having taken 1 step forward since 1990, China takes 3 steps back.”
——They are gearing up for war——
That would appear to be the case.
However the navies of several nations are currently operating within waters China seeks to control. It can be argued that the naval presence is a threat to the Chinese military and may actually be a deterrent.
Hegemony is desired but being resisted by China neighbors.
We’ll see
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