Interesting to see how western scholar compiles the history chronologically in a course. As a Chinese myself, I only got information like this here and there in pieces and sometimes it's hard to tell if certain stories are factual or made up by dissentients to defame CCP.
The opacity and murkiness of CCP politics is very different from Western styled democracies where there's a bigger spotlight on politicians and a more ample use of media by the same politicians in order to get elected. Since in China there's not even a facade to be put on and most of the key positions of political power are hidden from the general populace there's great confusion insofar the political landscape.
In recent 2 years, there is a huge sale surge in Mao's books and communism books in China. Most of the buyers are young people under age of 30. Many videos about Mao and cultural revolution, which is a once heavy-censored topics, have passed censorship in various Chinese video platforms, including Bilibili. There is a growing number of Maoism and communism believers, and it seems that the government is not stopping or even helping this trend.
Interesting to see how western scholar compiles the history chronologically in a course. As a Chinese myself, I only got information like this here and there in pieces and sometimes it's hard to tell if certain stories are factual or made up by dissentients to defame CCP.
It is better if you learn Mandarin and watch zhongtian 中天(ROC's private media). Just my 2 cents.
The opacity and murkiness of CCP politics is very different from Western styled democracies where there's a bigger spotlight on politicians and a more ample use of media by the same politicians in order to get elected. Since in China there's not even a facade to be put on and most of the key positions of political power are hidden from the general populace there's great confusion insofar the political landscape.
Great to hear
In recent 2 years, there is a huge sale surge in Mao's books and communism books in China. Most of the buyers are young people under age of 30. Many videos about Mao and cultural revolution, which is a once heavy-censored topics, have passed censorship in various Chinese video platforms, including Bilibili. There is a growing number of Maoism and communism believers, and it seems that the government is not stopping or even helping this trend.
I think Xi is more and more showing that he is less market oriented than Jiang and Hu, probably can shift him close to chen or even close to Mao.
He sees himself is the next Mao.