[Marxism] Re: Sharp Debate Erupts in China Over Socialism and Capitalism

[Marla Vijaya kumar <marlavk@xxxxxxxxx>]

    I agree with Louis. The leadership of the Chinese CP is  opportunistic 
enough to slightly appear to be swinging to the left whenever  they fear that 
their house is on fire. To illustrate, here are some excerpts  from the NYT 
article:
      "Hu is himself a centrist who is not really pursuing one agenda or the  
other," observed a party official who said he could be punished for  talking 
about leadership politics if he were quoted by name. "But he did  pull us to 
the left to restore balance, and that gave the old guard an  opportunity it has 
not had in years."
      Some concerned Chinese intellectuals might be putting up a fierce 
resistance  to the restoration of capitalism (aka. Neoliberalism in Full Force) 
in the most  unabashed way, which even the BJP and Congress Party governments 
in India had  been doing in a more cautious and subtle way. The leftist 
opposition in Chinese  CP is almost decimated. If at all a reversal of the tide 
has to take place, it  has to be at the grass roots, by mass movements of the 
deprived people.
      Again from the NYT article: Riots have become a fixture of rural life in  
China ? more than 200 "mass incidents of unrest" occurred each day in  2004, 
police statistics show ? undermining the party's insistence on social  
stability.
      So back to struggle Comrades!
      PS: I got curious about Gong Xiantian?s paper but my search has yielded 
no  result. Can anybody help?
      Here are two more links on this subject:
      http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1726551,00.html
      
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=15&art_id=12899&sid=6814740&con_type=1
      Vijaya Kumar Marla

                
---------------------------------
Yahoo! Mail
Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail  makes sharing a breeze.
________________________________________________
YOU MUST clip all extraneous text before replying to a message.
Send list submissions to: Marxism@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism