neo-Maoist

English

Noun

neo-Maoist (plural neo-Maoists)

1. A person who believes in a (post-reform and opening-up) version of Maoist ideology.
   • 2000, David Shambaugh, “The Chinese State in the Post-Mao Era”, in David Shambaugh, editor, The Modern Chinese State‎^[1], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 181:

     With the exception of the remnant orthodox “leftists” and neo-Maoists, the parameters of elite factionalism have narrowed and a more centrist consensus across a range of policy issues is evident.

   • 2005, Merle Goldman, From Comrade to Citizen‎^[2], Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 15:

     In fact, the neo-Maoist Wang Renzhi, who assumed authority in the Propaganda Department after June 4, warned that the private entrepreneurs who supported the students during the demonstration revealed “a natural tie between a private economy and democracy.”

   • 2014, Linda Jaivin, Beijing‎^[3], Reaktion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 161:

     One reason neo-Maoists have regained some traction in public debate (and why pro-democracy activism continues to ferment) is that although China has lifted itself from poverty, corruption and socio-economic inequality have reached levels that would make good King Zhao weep.

   • 2014, Jonathan Fenby, Will China Dominate the 21st century? (Global Future Series)‎^[4], →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 39:

     The charismatic, media-friendly Bo was aiming to get into the Politburo Standing Committee at the Party Congress in 2012, and it was widely believed that the portfolio he wanted was the one for internal security held by his hardline ally Zhou Yongkang. He enjoyed the support of leftist neo-Maoist thinkers and had links with some of the younger PLA generals.

   • 2017 April 3, Chris Buckley, “Maoists for Trump? In China, Fans Admire His Nationalist Views”, in New York Times‎^[5], archived from the original on April 4, 2017:

     China’s neo-Maoists, as they are sometimes called, are loosely united by demands for stringent economic equality, zealous nationalism and a loathing of the capitalist West and liberal democracy.
     “Many of the same ideas now animating the global populist movement have been the hallmarks of the neo-Maoist movement for over a decade,” said Jude Blanchette, a researcher in Beijing who is writing a book about the movement.
     “The neo-Maoists have also clearly benefited from the rise of Xi Jinping, as he has blasted a pretty large dog whistle in their direction,” Mr. Blanchette added.

   • 2017 October 27, Christian Shepherd, “China's neo-Maoists welcome Xi's new era, but say he is not the new Mao”, in Reuters‎^[6], archived from the original on June 24, 2018:

     Delegates praised Xi using Mao-era honorifics, and he became the first serving Chinese leader since Mao to have a named ideology written into the party charter, signaling that it will be in effect beyond his second five-year term, which began this week. “Their similarity is that they both want to rejuvenate the Chinese nation, they both want an independent, powerful, new China,” Song Yangbiao, a Beijing-based neo-Maoist freelance journalist, told Reuters.[...]Neo-Maoists dismiss criticisms of Mao as smears by Westerners and revisionists, and the group vociferously defends Mao and his policies in articles online, with occasional public shaming of those who slight his legacy.[...]While Xi has not lavished praise on Mao or his policies, he has defended his “mistakes” and has drawn a line against attempts to revise the Party’s official history, pleasing the neo-Maoists.

   • 2021 July 2, “A future, with Chinese characteristics”, in The Economist, volume 439, number 9251, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 12:

     Censors often delete articles on WeChat groups run by neo-Maoists, who denounce the “bureaucrat-capitalists” running China.

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person who believes in a Maoist ideology

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