When someone acknowledges the Tiananmen Square Massacre in front of a tankie
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I don't get it, weren't the protestors against opening up to Capitalism, where as Xi is pro that kind of globalist Capitalism?
What's important is not what the Tiananmen Square protesters were standing for, it's that they stood against the government, which is unacceptable!
More seriously, the protests and demands of the student protesters were multifaceted, but opposition to Dengist reforms were widespread in the protests, yes. However, many of the protesters were also strong supporters of the recently deceased Hu Yaobang, who was a strong supporter of Western style liberalization.
I think the important point here is also that Chinese government won't really admit it's "revisionism" or changing course, because what means adjusting to circumstances for a democracy, would mean ideological impurity for country like China.
So even suggesting that the ruling class had strayed away from principles of Maoism would be enough of an offense for government, because how dare they.
I don't get it, weren't the protestors against opening up to Capitalism, where as Xi is pro that kind of globalist Capitalism?
What's important is not what the Tiananmen Square protesters were standing for, it's that they stood against the government, which is unacceptable!
More seriously, the protests and demands of the student protesters were multifaceted, but opposition to Dengist reforms were widespread in the protests, yes. However, many of the protesters were also strong supporters of the recently deceased Hu Yaobang, who was a strong supporter of Western style liberalization.
I think the important point here is also that Chinese government won't really admit it's "revisionism" or changing course, because what means adjusting to circumstances for a democracy, would mean ideological impurity for country like China.
So even suggesting that the ruling class had strayed away from principles of Maoism would be enough of an offense for government, because how dare they.