Do not worry comrades.
All is good disaster avoided, no more worries:
Chairman Xi becomes now the new "helmsman"
Chinas Staatschef wird ein Titel verliehen, den vorher nur Mao inne hatte. Außerdem erklärt ihn die Partei zum Vordenker einer „innovativen Philosophie“. Damit wird klar, dass er noch länger an der Macht bleiben will.
m.faz.net
China's head of state is awarded a title previously held only by Mao. In addition, the
party declares him the mastermind of an "innovative philosophy. This makes it clear that he wants to stay in power even longer.
Xi Jinping has a new title that was previously reserved only for Mao Tse-tung, the founder of the Republic: helmsman. It was awarded to the incumbent state and party leader on Friday at a press conference of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. "If we resolutely uphold General Secretary Xi Jinping's position as the core of the party (...), the great steering wheel of the Chinese nation's resurgence will have a helmsman," said Jiang Jinquan, head of the Central Policy Research Center of the Central Committee. The press conference was part of an elaborate choreography to enthrone Xi Jinping as the unchallenged
However, history was only marginally discussed. The representatives of the Central Committee spelled out the most important cornerstones of Xi Jinping's ruling ideology. System competition with the West plays an important role. Western democracies are "the rule of capital and the rich," one of the speakers said. Americans' dissatisfaction with their system is increasing, while Chinese
satisfaction with their government is 98 percent, he said.
Xi Jinping, on the other hand, is portrayed as someone who has successfully reformed the Chinese political system thanks to his "
extraordinary political wisdom." The Chinese need for international recognition is to be satisfied by "portraying China as more credible, lovable and respectable." The formulation comes from Xi Jinping, but it clashes with his call for China's diplomats not to avoid a fight.
One means to this end: "
the unification of thought," for example through an
app that party cadres are to use to memorize Xi's ideas. Xi Jinping also wants the party's myths to be a binding agent that holds the diverging society together and brings the materialistically minded youth in line. In addition, Xi Jinping has also rediscovered old Chinese traditions that were still frowned upon as bourgeois under Mao.
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Sounds like GDR 2.0 ?