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WORLD NEWSJUNE 22, 2018 / 2:08 AM / 3 MONTHS AGO Reuters
Factbox - Xi Thought: China's push to be a modern, socialist superpower
4 MIN READ
BEIJING (Reuters) - The political “thought” of President Xi Jinping, China’s most powerful leader in decades, is encapsulated in two weighty tomes and dozens of published “important speeches”.
“Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era,” as it is officially known, is an all encompassing theory guiding China to become a global military and economic power under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party.
The end goal is the “Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation”, set for 2050, when Xi expects China will return to its rightful status after over a century of bowing to the demands of Western powers.
All former top leaders of the party have had guiding theories. Before Xi, Hu Jintao put forward a “scientific outlook on development”, and Jiang Zemin, before him, had the “three represents”.
But Xi Thought differs from previous ideologies in that it carries his name and was written into the party charter while he was still in office - honors only given to Mao previously.
Factbox - Xi Thought: China's push to be a modern, socialist superpower
4 MIN READ
BEIJING (Reuters) - The political “thought” of President Xi Jinping, China’s most powerful leader in decades, is encapsulated in two weighty tomes and dozens of published “important speeches”.
“Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era,” as it is officially known, is an all encompassing theory guiding China to become a global military and economic power under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party.
The end goal is the “Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation”, set for 2050, when Xi expects China will return to its rightful status after over a century of bowing to the demands of Western powers.
All former top leaders of the party have had guiding theories. Before Xi, Hu Jintao put forward a “scientific outlook on development”, and Jiang Zemin, before him, had the “three represents”.
But Xi Thought differs from previous ideologies in that it carries his name and was written into the party charter while he was still in office - honors only given to Mao previously.