Meaning of neo-Maoist | Babel Free

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A person who believes in a (post-reform and opening-up) version of Maoist ideology.

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“With the exception of the remnant orthodox “leftists” and neo-Maoists, the parameters of elite factionalism have narrowed and a more centrist consensus across a range of policy issues is evident.”

“In fact, the neo-Maoist Wang Renzhi, who assumed authority in the Propaganda Department after June 4, warned that the private entrepreneurs who supported the students during the demonstration revealed “a natural tie between a private economy and democracy.””

“One reason neo-Maoists have regained some traction in public debate (and why pro-democracy activism continues to ferment) is that although China has lifted itself from poverty, corruption and socio-economic inequality have reached levels that would make good King Zhao weep.”

“The charismatic, media-friendly Bo was aiming to get into the Politburo Standing Committee at the Party Congress in 2012, and it was widely believed that the portfolio he wanted was the one for internal security held by his hardline ally Zhou Yongkang. He enjoyed the support of leftist neo-Maoist thinkers and had links with some of the younger PLA generals.”

“China’s neo-Maoists, as they are sometimes called, are loosely united by demands for stringent economic equality, zealous nationalism and a loathing of the capitalist West and liberal democracy. “Many of the same ideas now animating the global populist movement have been the hallmarks of the neo-Maoist movement for over a decade,” said Jude Blanchette, a researcher in Beijing who is writing a book about the movement. “The neo-Maoists have also clearly benefited from the rise of Xi Jinping, as he has blasted a pretty large dog whistle in their direction,” Mr. Blanchette added.”

“Delegates praised Xi using Mao-era honorifics, and he became the first serving Chinese leader since Mao to have a named ideology written into the party charter, signaling that it will be in effect beyond his second five-year term, which began this week. “Their similarity is that they both want to rejuvenate the Chinese nation, they both want an independent, powerful, new China,” Song Yangbiao, a Beijing-based neo-Maoist freelance journalist, told Reuters.[...]Neo-Maoists dismiss criticisms of Mao as smears by Westerners and revisionists, and the group vociferously defends Mao and his policies in articles online, with occasional public shaming of those who slight his legacy.[...]While Xi has not lavished praise on Mao or his policies, he has defended his “mistakes” and has drawn a line against attempts to revise the Party’s official history, pleasing the neo-Maoists.”

“Censors often delete articles on WeChat groups run by neo-Maoists, who denounce the “bureaucrat-capitalists” running China.”

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