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From Xinhua, April 3:
The first two volumes of a new book series of selected works of Xi Jinping have been published by the People's Publishing House, according to an official statement issued Monday.
Compiled by the Party Literature Editing Committee under the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, the new books will be distributed across the country starting from Monday.
Since the Party's 18th National Congress, Chinese Communists, with Comrade Xi Jinping as their chief representative, have established Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.
As the core of the Party Central Committee and the Party as a whole, Xi is the principal founder of the Thought, which represents a new breakthrough in adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of our times.
The statement says that the publication of the books is a major event in the political life of the Party and the country, and is of immense and far-reaching significance....
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I'm waiting for the Special Collector's Edition but in the meantime will be checking for updates to this:
"China’s most popular app is a propaganda tool teaching Xi Jinping Thought"
Of course it is.Which had been preceded by 2018's ""China to require patriotism education for intellectuals " (and the rise of "Xi thought")"
Back in August, when posting "China to require patriotism education for intellectuals " (and the rise of "Xi thought") I asked my favorite Chinese translator if there was a way to make money off this.
He said he was sure there was and he'd talk to his wife who has some first rate Beijing connections.
I didn't think any more about the idea until a couple weeks later with "The Little Red Book vs. the Big White Book (Mao v. Xi)" I asked again what his thinking was and he responded that the fam wasn't sure there would be a market for Xi Thought.
Then in November while posting "In Xi We Trust: Inwardly Directed Chinese Propaganda (now with more elephants)" I asked again about maybe making a bucko or two off Xi Thought.
It was then that my interlocutor told me about the time his wife talked him out of buying a pretty nice chunk of Hainan island, which over the last couple decades has been developing nicely and is now poised to take on Shenzhen as a tech hotspot* and I asked "What the Hell? "Why didn't you tell me this earlier?"
And he said that out of a desire for marital harmony he didn't mention it any more, especially after Hainan Airways started running direct flights from Beijing to San Jose International a few years ago....
What was old is new again. I read about this, back in the day they called it the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution or something.
And followed by 2021's "Chinese Cars to Teach Occupants About Xi Jinping Thought"
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