Xi Jinping speech at the symposium commemorating the 130th anniversary of the birth of Mao Zedong - Friends of Socialist China
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The article below is the full text of the speech given by Comrade Xi Jinping at the meeting held in Beijing on the morning of December 26, 2023, to commemorate the 130th anniversary of the birth of Comrade Mao Zedong. In his speech, Xi gives a comprehensive exposition of key revolutionary contributions of Mao Zedong … Continue reading Xi Jinping speech at the symposium commemorating the 130th anniversary of the birth of Mao Zedong
  • PKMKII [none/use name]
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    10 months ago

    [Mao] made glorious historical contributions for thousands of years.

    I’m going to assume there’s some ongoing-future tense implication in the original Chinese that didn’t get translated properly and not that Xi was saying that Mao lived for thousands of years.

    It cannot be denied that Comrade Mao Zedong made detours in the exploration of the road of socialist construction, especially the serious mistake of launching and leading the ‘Cultural Revolution’.

    Recognition of prior revolutionaries’ mistakrs is the only way to avoid making mistakes going forward.