PART 2 - How China's Rulers Control Society: Opportunity, Nationalism, Fear

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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/25/world/asia/china-freedoms-control.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

China Rules

They didn’t like the West’s
playbook. So they wrote their own.


By AMY QIN and JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ at the New York Times

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Even as some analysts argue that China’s success has more to do with the resilience of its people than the Communist Party and its policies, leaders have been adept at shaping a politicized nationalism that reinforces the primacy of the party — and defends the authoritarian model as the best bulwark against chaos.

“Chinese nationalism binds the people with the state, not to each other,” said Minxin Pei, a professor of government at Claremont McKenna College.

Mr. Xi has selectively revived traditional Chinese culture — an effort, experts say, to give people something to be proud of. That approach, however, is rich with historical irony. Both the modernizers who overthrew the Qing dynasty and then Mao and his communists once blamed Chinese tradition for holding the country back.

But with communist ideology long ago having lost its appeal to the public, Mr. Xi is drawing on Chinese tradition to reinforce the idea that the country needs a strong leader to prevent chaos and to guard against outsiders. That leaves some worrying that he could be leading the country into a new period of isolation.

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[JI7]

1. where is part 1 ?

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2. Don't know. I just came across part 2 on Twitter.

[DetlefK]

3. Has anyone noticed the irony in China's social-credit system?

In a communist country, citizens will be motivated and controlled by their personal greed for status and their personal fear of losing status.