Report: Chinese Communists Fear Xi Jinping Preparing Mao-Style Purge – IOTW Report

Report: Chinese Communists Fear Xi Jinping Preparing Mao-Style Purge

Breitbart:

Chinese Communist Party chief Xi Jinping has long faced dissent from Communists who think he is insufficiently loyal to Marxist dogma, but he is increasingly provoking unease among Chinese Communist Party (CCP) elders who fear he might be a little too Communist in his outlook – or, more specifically, Maoist.

Xi’s government has been cracking down on Marxist student groups for years and fending off strikes by Marxist labor groups, even though the government officially adheres to that ideology and Xi is fond of quoting Marx himself. 

Marxist activists accuse Xi of perverting their pure collectivist ideology into “socialism with Chinese characteristics” – in other words, diluting collectivism with enough capitalist ideals to create a prosperous economy. The new class of young Marxist revolutionary believes government schools are deliberately teaching Marxism incorrectly to promote Xi’s ideology instead. The authorities are nervous about the increasing fondness of these young activists for revolutionary books and plays about overthrowing corrupt government.

Older and more senior CCP officials, on the other hand, are worried that Xi might see himself as the new Mao Zedong. more here

7 Comments on Report: Chinese Communists Fear Xi Jinping Preparing Mao-Style Purge

  1. So, Xi isn’t a good enough Marxist but maybe he’s a little too Maoist?

    In China, a “purge” means a lot of dead people. A LOT.

    Xi doing a Mao and killing his countrymen would be the end of China as we know it. The man’s full of himself and we’d all like to see him go away, but he isn’t stupid.

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