Teaching Comparative Government and Politics

Friday, December 17, 2010

Irony

In China, Marxism with Chinese characteristics is evidently a political and cultural ideology, not an economic one. Forget all that "from each," "to each," and egalitarian stuff. Chinese Marxists must remain Marxists in "the current complicated circumstances." How many of those complications have been created by contradictions in the Chinese political culture? Now, what was it that Marx said about contradictions? ["The basic idea of dialectical materialism is that every economic order grows to a state of maximum efficiency, while at the same time developing internal contradictions or weaknesses that contribute to its decay." -Wikipedia article on Dialectial materialism, 9 December 2010.]

Senior CPC official calls Chinese youths to adhere to Marxism

Wang Zhaoguo, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has called on Chinese youth to adhere to Marxism while making efforts to build a well-off society…

Young Marxists should promote their theoretical and practical abilities, share common sentiments with the general public and keep their innovative spirit, Wang said.

Wang also called on young Marxists in China to adhere to a Marxist political stance in the current complicated circumstances...