Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Response to E-mail from a Friend Who Returned to China after an Absence of 26 years
I think that one thing that has not changed in China is the Stalinist-style security apparatus. What has changed is that the "soft power" capacity of the Chinese Communist Party to "win hearts and minds" has weakened substantially.
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What are the origins of the CCP's weakening soft power? I would have thought it is increasing (or at least remained static) since the CCP legislated the policies responsible for creating a middle-class and for bringing China to superpower status, a source of national pride in China.
I was thinking more of the Constitution of the CCP which says "Marxism-Leninism brings to light the laws governing the development of the history of human society. Its basic tenets are correct and have tremendous vitality." I think that this sort of legitimating basis for CCP rule has little resonance with most people in China nowadays.
Oh, ok... I agree.
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