:this: This. Nixon coming over in the 70s and intertwining the American and Chinese economies has benefitted both countries (as trade does, per economics 101). But it's just that the leadership of the CCP has focused on Marxism and class struggle the entire time, with Xi being by far the most well-educated world leader on earth right now, a son of a Chinese revolutionary, and he's laser focused on China not going the way of the USSR.
One thing I need to mention though. The Russian Revolution started in 1917, and the revolutionaries began to die out in the 60s and 70s, leaving the "next generation" in charge - the first generation raised under the revolution (Gorbachev and Yeltsin). This next generation, with no memories of the struggles of the revolution, let it all fall apart. I fear something similar might happen with China. Remember: China's revolution was in the 1940s, 30 years after the USSR. So right about now is the time that the "next generation" is coming to power in China, with all the original revolutionaries dead. Luckily, Xi is dedicated to upholding Marxism in China (he actually got a PhD in Marxist Ideology in 2002), so he is no Gorbachev and definitely no Yeltsin. But he is just one person, and I have no idea if the next leader after him will be the same.
His daughter went to Harvard. The next generation will not feel the pressure of absolute poverty, and will feel the allure of western decadence.
They're doing all the right things, don't worry comrade. Xi is only making it harder to join the Party, and the young communists of China are pretty, well, communist. All the Chinese students who studied in the US go in one of two paths. The first path is the "wow I can make so much money in the US I love it here I'm never going back" and the second is "holy fuck the West is worse than anything they ever told me back home, this place needs to be destroyed." Only one of those paths leads back to China, and thankfully it's good for the future of the Party.
:this: This. Nixon coming over in the 70s and intertwining the American and Chinese economies has benefitted both countries (as trade does, per economics 101). But it's just that the leadership of the CCP has focused on Marxism and class struggle the entire time, with Xi being by far the most well-educated world leader on earth right now, a son of a Chinese revolutionary, and he's laser focused on China not going the way of the USSR.
One thing I need to mention though. The Russian Revolution started in 1917, and the revolutionaries began to die out in the 60s and 70s, leaving the "next generation" in charge - the first generation raised under the revolution (Gorbachev and Yeltsin). This next generation, with no memories of the struggles of the revolution, let it all fall apart. I fear something similar might happen with China. Remember: China's revolution was in the 1940s, 30 years after the USSR. So right about now is the time that the "next generation" is coming to power in China, with all the original revolutionaries dead. Luckily, Xi is dedicated to upholding Marxism in China (he actually got a PhD in Marxist Ideology in 2002), so he is no Gorbachev and definitely no Yeltsin. But he is just one person, and I have no idea if the next leader after him will be the same.
His daughter went to Harvard. The next generation will not feel the pressure of absolute poverty, and will feel the allure of western decadence.
They're doing all the right things, don't worry comrade. Xi is only making it harder to join the Party, and the young communists of China are pretty, well, communist. All the Chinese students who studied in the US go in one of two paths. The first path is the "wow I can make so much money in the US I love it here I'm never going back" and the second is "holy fuck the West is worse than anything they ever told me back home, this place needs to be destroyed." Only one of those paths leads back to China, and thankfully it's good for the future of the Party.
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