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September 27, 2004
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The CCP have helpfully released a policy document outlining how all the various organs and arms of Government need to work to keep the Communist Party in power forever. This involves everything from reminding the People's Liberation Army that it's main task is to defend the Party, not the country; that the media exists to promote the Party; that the judiciary exist to preserve the status quo; that Marxism remains the guiding ideology (seriously); and will continue to follow its independent foreign policy of "peace" (of course Taiwan isn't foreign so force is OK there). There's blather about rule of law and socialist democracy to boot. But the reality is simple: unless Beijing can get serious about tackling endemic corruption, bring the fruits of the coast's economic boom to the vast rural poor and manage the strains of that economic boom the CCP will not survive. If they can, and they are canny political operators, then they will rule for some time yet. posted by Simon on 09.27.04 at 12:28 PM in the
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TrackBack URL for this entry: http://blog.mu.nu/cgi/trackback.cgi/47357 Send a manual trackback ping to this post. PLA: Polite License to Administrate. Excerpt: Simon says, regarding the policy document released as a result of the Fourth Plenum: [it] reminds the People's Liberation Army that it's main task is to defend the Party, not the country. This is probably the meat of the entire text. It's the bone thro... Weblog: Brainysmurf Tracked: September 27, 2004 09:27 PM I'm a blog pimp, and your links are my whores! Excerpt: No time for the morning breakfast roundup today. My students were pissed! Note to students: it might help if you, er, actually read the textbook. So what is up in the blogosphere? -Bill at INDC on Iraqi WMD. Also, Mary... Weblog: mypetjawa v. 2.0 (beta) Tracked: September 28, 2004 03:39 AM
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I can't figure out the logic here, perhaps. Nothing I read in that article even mentioned the People's Liberation Army, let alone a Polite Licence to Administrate. The article you linked to is just standard communist rhetoric- inspired political theory at best (or while reading under the influence), innocuous at worst. posted by: chriswaugh_bj on 09.28.04 at 02:02 PM [permalink]Chris: I've not linked to it because I cannot find links to it, but part of the policy document involves the PLA being told that it's primary duty is to support the Communist Party's rule. The rest of the drivel represents a formalisation of where the Party wants to go, along with the usual talk of socialist democracy and clamping down on corruption. Like many things in China, you need to sift the rhetoric for the true meaning. posted by: Simon on 09.28.04 at 02:31 PM [permalink]Cleared up, thanks. My quibble was the link provided, which, as I said, mentioned nothing about what you said. Still, it's no surprise that the PLA's job is to protect the party first, we've all known that for about 15 years now, if we hadn't figured it out earlier. Same old bullshit, really. Thanks, anyway. posted by: chriswaugh_bj on 09.29.04 at 10:51 PM [permalink] |
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