Ferguson: Xi Jinping is deeply Marxist-Leninist and restricting Chinese market elements
Niall Ferguson · Niall Ferguson: Why Great Civilizations Rise and Fall · Joe Lonsdale · Aug 18, 2021 · at 25:26
Historian Niall Ferguson discusses Chinese governance and political ideology with host Joe Lonsdale.
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“Well, I actually think Marxism-Leninism is much more important to Xi Jinping than most Western observers realize. I mean, they are still reading Marx and Engels on the Politburo Standing Committee. I had That was explained to me recently by the head of research of the party in Beijing, and she is much more ideological than I think is realized in the West, because people hear his speeches for Western audiences at Davos, they don't actually hear what she is saying in Chinese to Communist Party cadres, and when one looks closely, in fact, Xi Jinping has turned the clock back ideologically, and is dialing back the room for maneuver Of the market elements in the Chinese system.”
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