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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPART 2 - How China's Rulers Control Society: Opportunity, Nationalism, Fear
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/25/world/asia/china-freedoms-control.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimesChina Rules
They didnt like the Wests
playbook. So they wrote their own.
By AMY QIN and JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ at the New York Times
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Even as some analysts argue that Chinas success has more to do with the resilience of its people than the Communist Party and its policies, leaders have been adept at shaping a politicized nationalism that reinforces the primacy of the party and defends the authoritarian model as the best bulwark against chaos.
Chinese nationalism binds the people with the state, not to each other, said Minxin Pei, a professor of government at Claremont McKenna College.
Mr. Xi has selectively revived traditional Chinese culture an effort, experts say, to give people something to be proud of. That approach, however, is rich with historical irony. Both the modernizers who overthrew the Qing dynasty and then Mao and his communists once blamed Chinese tradition for holding the country back.
But with communist ideology long ago having lost its appeal to the public, Mr. Xi is drawing on Chinese tradition to reinforce the idea that the country needs a strong leader to prevent chaos and to guard against outsiders. That leaves some worrying that he could be leading the country into a new period of isolation.
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PART 2 - How China's Rulers Control Society: Opportunity, Nationalism, Fear (Original Post)
applegrove
Nov 2018
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JI7
(89,287 posts)1. where is part 1 ?
applegrove
(118,900 posts)2. Don't know. I just came across part 2 on Twitter.
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)3. Has anyone noticed the irony in China's social-credit system?
In a communist country, citizens will be motivated and controlled by their personal greed for status and their personal fear of losing status.