Xi Jinping’s quest to revive Stalin’s communist ideology - The Washington Post
...Central to Stalin’s teaching is the idea that the creation of enemies is essential for sustaining the rule of a revolutionary party....
...Xi’s campaign against Western freedoms was revealed in 2013 with the leakingof Document No. 9. The document directed party officials to wage “intense struggle” to root out the “false trends” of Western constitutional democracy, universal values of human rights, civil society, and the Western concept of a free press among other evil weeds....
...It’s more that the creation of an endless field of ideological villains is considered by Xi to be key to the party’s success. Crushing them and others like them give the revolution its meaning....
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