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Just started “The Governance of China” by Xi Jinping
“A happy life comes from hard work.” A proverb for a rising power.
Interesting that he references all ethnic groups in China, not just Han.
Sounds almost like religious dogma here - “lack of ideals” and “confused faith”
Honestly surprised how much socialist thought is in this - had the ignorant impression it had been mostly discarded.
Xi is fine with alternative paths of development
Diversity is our strength - Xi Jinping
This book is basically a @liangweihan4 tract
Looks like the Chinese still have their Stahanovites - the “model workers”
Lots of passages like this emphasizing the importance of education
Xi is grateful for the support Chinese abroad gave to China, both in past and present. We Americans should be mindful of their true loyalties.
Never knew that some local governments in China had protectionist policies.
Chinese government & media has had similar problems to their Western counterparts in relation to social media and narrative control.
Xi addresses income inequality like a true socialist
Xi’s Russian literature list. Chernyshevsky...
Xi supports an independent and impartial judiciary
Xi stands for cultural chauvinism
Xi’s remarks on respect for tradition and support for only gradual change are almost Burkean
Humiliation in the Opium War still runs deep.
Taiwan is the only subject in this book so far where Xi endorses blood and soil
Xi views wars of aggression as self defeating, while supporting sovereignty and international trade.
Xi views global cultural diversity as a good thing
A bit of Chinese historical revisionism- wonder if Xi actually believes it
Xi understands that colonialism is a bad idea in current times - contradicts the various western propagandists who claim China is building a colonial empire
“The tide of the world is surging forward. Those who submit to it will prosper and those who resist it will perish.” - Xi
Chinese trying to develop loyal agents in Africa - or genuine interest in aiding development
Zionists will be reliant on USA for forseeable future
Xi views Arab immigrants positively, as they bring ethnic food, marry Chinese women, and embrace the Chinese dream.
Xi believes in ascetic life for communist party officials and views upper class indulgence as a cause of national decline.
Xi criticizes both the headstrong who take action without theory, and the impotent intellectuals who fail to act
Xi’s criticism of the “nice guy”- an excuse for officials to be lazy and cowardly under the guise of kindness.
