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Xi is Not Mao - Dissent Magazine

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Mao and Xi’s historical projects couldn’t be more different, and it is high time to move beyond the bad history that conflates them.

This article is part of a forum, “ A New Cold War? ” published in our spring issue on China. Commentary on China these days often presents lazy thinking that leads to some ridiculous historical statements. That President Xi Jinping is a would-be Mao Zedong or that China is facing a “new Cultural Revolution” are examples of this laziness. In a charitable light, such assertions stem from a broad misunderstanding of the logics of contemporary China and its role in the world today. In a less charitable light, they are driven by ideological fealty to some of the most outdated and frankly racist asp

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