Chris Buckley of the NYT reopened yesterday in the main western press the question of Document No 9 (sounds like a title to a movie). This document first identified, apparently, by the Economist is supposedly a “secret” CPC document, according to Buckley, that has “undertaken a “mass line” campaign to enforce party authority that goes beyond the party’s periodic calls for discipline.” The document calls on the Party to oppose the promotion of western constitutional democracy. The narrative suggests that leftists in the Party have also picked up the anti-western critique to oppose the market reforms that Xi and the leadership are pressing for.
Operating from Weakness, Not Strength – the CPC and Xi Jinping
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