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The Chinese Regime Aims to Vanquish Capitalism With Socialism, but What’s Really at Stake?

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The Chinese Regime Aims to Vanquish Capitalism With Socialism, but What’s Really at Stake?
China Communist Party leader Xi Jinping (L) speaks next to U.S. President Donald Trump during a business leaders event at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2017. Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images
Peter Zhang
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Amid intense trade negotiations between Beijing and Washington on April 1, General Secretary Xi Jinping’s 2013 speech to the new members of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee was published.

It was an important speech, as evidenced by its appearance in QiuShi (“Seeking Truth” in Chinese), an official journal of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). And soon thereafter, Xi’s speech was simultaneously published by People’s Daily and Xinhua News Agency, which are two other prominent mouthpieces of the Party.

Peter Zhang
Peter Zhang
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Peter Zhang is a researcher on political economy in China and East Asia. He focuses on China’s trade, diplomacy, and human rights issues and is affiliated with the Global and International Studies at the University of Salamanca. Peter is a graduate of Harvard Kennedy School as a Mason fellow.
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