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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Cheung, T

Titel

CONVENIENT CUDGELS

Ist Teil von

• Far Eastern economic review, 1991-08, Vol.153 (33), p.18-19

Erscheinungsjahr

1991

Quelle

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• CHINA'S ELDERLY GUARDIANS OF COMMUNIST ORTHODOXY ARE STEPPING UP THEIR EFFORTS TO BRING THE THOUGHTS OF MAO ZEDONG BACK INTO THE MAINSTREAM OF PARTY DOCTRINE. IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, MANY MAOIST IDEAS--INCLUDING THE FIGHT AGAINST PEACEFUL EVOLUTION AND BOURGEOIS LIBERALIZATION, THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF-RELIANCE, AND EVEN THE CONTINUING NEED FOR CLASS STRUGGLE--HAVE AGAIN BECOME IMPORTANT SLOGANS IN IDEOLOGICAL CAMPAIGNS. CONSERVATIVE IDEOLOGUES USED THE COMMUNIST PARTY'S 70TH ANNIVERSARY TO INJECT FRESH MOMENTUM INTO THE REVIVAL OF MAOIST DOGMA. HOWEVER, THERE ARE CLEAR LIMITS TO HOW FAR THE REVIVAL CAN BE PUSHED. WHILE THE CONSERVATIVES ARE USING SELECTED MAOIST TENETS AS RALLYING POINTS IN THEIR EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN AN ORTHODOX APPROACH TO POLICYMAKING, THEY ARE NOT USING THESE TENETS TO PROMOTE ANY SPECIFIC POLICIES.