Posted on 11/12/2021 12:08:28 AM PST by markomalley
China’s Communist Party officials called President Xi Jinping a “helmsman” and “people’s leader” on Friday, in a show of support for his continuing leadership.
Xi is almost certain to secure a precedent-breaking third term as party leader next year.
At the end of a four-day, closed-door meeting on Thursday, the party passed a “historical resolution” which highlighted its achievements under Xi’s leadership and amplified his authority.
The full text of the resolution is yet to be released.
“Helmsman” and “people’s leader” were descriptions used over 50 years ago during a personality cult of Mao Zedong, who led the party to power in 1949. Party propagandists used personality cult to drum up support for the leader.
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Pooh gettin too big for his britches.
Sounds like Biden...
China is culturally incapable of Western style government by the people for the people. China has had nothing but dictatorships for 4000 years. Dictatorship is by far the worst way to run an economy, so I see this as being a good thing for the West, since China will cease to be competitive. The downside is that, as the economy fails, the incentive for war increases.
China is culturally incapable of Western style government by the people for the people
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Demonstrability false.
Had the Nationalist had the strength left to fight Mao’s forces after pushing the Japanese out, then the nationalist would have instituted a government, much like they did on Formosa, which is populated by mainland Chinese and has a western style Republican form of government.
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