• the rizzler@lemmygrad.ml
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    4 months ago

    i also didn’t know the part about the xi jinping thought. in your opinion, is it going to guide china for the foreseeable future or is it not going to outlast the man himself? i guess my real question is, what exactly does xi jinping thought add to chinese socialist theory that makes it its own thing?

    • Cowbee [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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      4 months ago

      Xi Jinping Thought is what is driving the CPC ideologically for Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. It’s essentially Marxism-Leninism applied to China’s current position as a rising socialist power, and retains both Mao Zedong Thought and Deng Xiaoping Theory. There’s quite a lot that goes into it, but it describes how China does what they do today.

      I can’t predict if it will outlast him or not, but I will say that that’s very likely. It’s enormously popular.