In Xi Jinping’s recent speeches, there has been mention of a new phase involving “new-quality democracy,” “new-quality productivity,” “new-quality economy,” and “new-quality combat power.” But what exactly does “new-quality whatever” mean?
By: Deng Yuwen
Since February, the Politburo of the Communist Party of China has collectively studied Xi Jinping’s proposal for so-called “new productive forces.” This term has not only been included in the government work report of the Two Sessions [referring to those recently completed by the National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference], but has become the top priority of the Chinese government this year. The government has also manufactured a great deal of public opinion. Official media and scholars are exhaustively discussing the essence of this “new productivity” — how to develop new qualitative productive forces and raise them as high as possible, as if moving forward without these “new-quality” productive forces, the CCP will not be a party, and China will not be a country.
The comedy lies in the fact that this term, originally confined to economic productivity, has gone beyond this range and invaded other fields. The initiator was Xi Jinping. In his speech to the People’s Liberation Army delegation at the two sessions, he proposed a new concept: new-quality combat power, which the People’s Liberation Army must enhance. Since the core takes the lead in setting an example to promote any “new-quality whatever,” the bureaucrats and imperial scholars below are working harder to expand the scope of this concept. Therefore, people have seen that intellectuals have indeed written articles to present this new-quality democracy.. …. [Continue Reading]
Source: https://www.yibao.net/2024/04/04/chinas-new-new-quality-whatever-campaign-and-its-absurd-new-quality-democracy-in-particular/