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A law professor in Beijing has called on China’s lawmakers to reverse the decision to abolish term limits for President Xi Jinping, as reported in The New York Times.
In what the report called a “rare rebuke” of Xi, Tsinghua University professor and constitutional scholar Xu Zhangrun has taken a bold step in criticising the president publicly, in an essay appearing on the website of an independent think tank in Beijing.
“Many intellectuals might be thinking the same, but they don’t dare speak out,” Jiang Hao, a researcher at the think tank was quoted as saying.
Those who lived through the Cultural Revolution recall the cult of personality that surrounded Mao Zedong in the 1960s. Even from my vantage point in Hong Kong, the evidence was unmistakably clear. Since President Xi assumed office in 2012, that cult is increasingly evident to China’s intellectuals, as Mr Xu points out in his essay. His bold message to the Chinese Communist Party’s elite is long overdue.
Brian Stuckey, Denver


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Why Xi Jinping personality cult in China brings back memories of Mao

A decorative plate featuring an image of President Xi Jinping is seen behind a statue of late communist leader Mao Zedong, at a souvenir store next to Tiananmen Square in Beijing on February 27. On March 11, the National People’s Congress voted to strike a constitutional provision barring the president from serving more than two consecutive terms. Photo: AFP

All aboard Xi Jinping’s train of Thought as city decorates subway carriages with propaganda

A subway train promoting the political ideology of President Xi Jinping has been operating in Changchun, Jilin province, since Sunday. Photo: Weibo

=== PHOTO CAPTURED FROM WEIBO === Since Sunday, a subway train devoted to promoting the political doctrine of President Xi Jinping has started running in Changchun, a provincial capital in ChinaÕs northeastern rust belt.

Named after XiÕs ÒNew EraÓ, the trainÕs interior is painted in red, with over 30 of XiÕs catchphrases pasted on its walls, doors, windows and seats.

Photo: WEIBO.

As fears of Xi’s personality cult deepen, China must dial down the propaganda

Even for the country’s official media, describing the Chinese president as the “helmsman of the nation” – a term once reserved for Mao Zedong – is a superlative too far

(180213) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 13, 2018 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping (2nd L, front), also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits Yingxiu Town of Wenchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 12, 2018. Xi made an inspection tour in Sichuan and extended greetings ahead of the Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 16 this year. (Xinhua/Ju Peng) (zkr)

Mao Zedong: Great Helmsman. Photo: Shutterstock

People’s Daily described Chinese President Xi Jinping as “the helmsman of the nation” and the “guide of the people”. Photo: Xinhua

Xi Jinping takes leading role in hit propaganda film extolling ‘amazing’ China

Documentary rides wave of nationalistic films inspired by Western-style techniques, but compulsory screenings may have played a part in its success

Wu Jing in a scene from Wolf Warrior 2.

A scene from the"Amazing China" documentary. Photo: Handout

epa06285268 (FILE) - Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers his speech at the opening ceremony of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) at the Great Hall of the People (GHOP) in Beijing, China, 18 October 2017 (reissued 24 October 2017). According to media reports on 24 October 2017, the National Congress of the Communist Party of China voted to enshrine the signature ideology of President Xi Jinping into the Chinese Communist Party constitution, elevating him to the country's most influential and powerful leader in decades. President Xi Jinping was also granted another five years in power during 19th Congress of the Communist Party of China. EPA-EFE/HOW HWEE YOUNG

Amazing China has broken records for a documentary at the mainland’s box office. Photo: Handout

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