{"id":66871,"date":"2021-09-03T11:00:37","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T01:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=66871"},"modified":"2021-09-03T10:03:45","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T00:03:45","slug":"the-domestic-and-international-consequences-of-xis-political-philosophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/the-domestic-and-international-consequences-of-xis-political-philosophy\/","title":{"rendered":"The domestic and international consequences of Xi\u2019s political philosophy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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To understand the wave of \u2018little pink\u2019 ultra-nationalism<\/a> washing across<\/a> the People\u2019s Republic of China, it\u2019s instructive to examine \u2018Xi Jinping thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era\u2019.<\/p>\n

Incorporated into the Chinese Communist Party constitution at its 19th congress in October 2017 and commonly termed \u2018Xi Jinping thought\u2019, Xi\u2019s full report<\/a> stated: \u2018China must hold high the banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics for the new era \u2026 and work tirelessly to realise the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Xi Jinping thought\u2019 has significant implications for China\u2019s domestic policy, its growing and strident nationalism, and for the global community. But why has Xi unleashed<\/a> ultra-nationalist forces in China and what does this unleashing mean?<\/p>\n

Xi\u2019s report to the congress identifies China\u2019s primary policy objectives: to \u2018ensure and improve living standards through sustainable development\u2019 to condone market \u2018reform and opening\u2019 and to encourage Chinese enterprises to \u2018go out\u2019, especially along the \u2018Silk Road Economic Belt\u2019 and the \u201821st Century Maritime Silk Road\u2019. They are known together as the Belt and Road Initiative, which projects Xi\u2019s philosophy globally.<\/p>\n

Xi\u2019s goal to build a \u2018moderately prosperous\u2019 society requires China to transition further from a command economy towards a socialist market economy by \u2018innovation-driven development, rural vitalisation, coordinated regional and the military-civilian integration strategy\u2019.<\/p>\n

His report highlighted challenges including the creation of a modern public finance system, a fiscal relationship between central and local governments built upon clearly defined powers and responsibilities, deepening reform of the taxation system, institutional reform in the financial sector, and \u2018building the military\u2019. In fact, China\u2019s military<\/a> is already larger than those of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the countries of Southeast Asia combined, and challenges United States dominance in some areas. With its economic and military power<\/a>, China seeks to forcefully influence<\/a> international financial, legal and trade systems.<\/p>\n

Under Xi\u2019s leadership, the socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics is the foundation for all legal reforms. From the CCP\u2019s 2014 plenum, five general principles guiding law-reform processes were upheld: the leadership of the party, the dominant position of the people, equality before the law, the combination of the rule of law with the rule of virtue and the need for China to chart its own path.<\/p>\n

The 19th party congress in 2017 then guaranteed the absolute leadership<\/a> of the CCP through the official justification of the party constitution over the PRC state constitution. Socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics can be interpreted as an instrument of the CCP leadership<\/a> with the party said to reflect the will of the people.<\/p>\n

Concerned about clear gulfs in theory and practice under Xi, Cai Xia, a former professor at the Central Party School of the CCP in Beijing, writes extensively about<\/a> the course of Xi\u2019s tenure, arguing:<\/p>\n

The regime has degenerated further into a political oligarchy bent on holding on to power through brutality and ruthlessness. It has grown ever more repressive and dictatorial. A personality cult now surrounds Xi, who has tightened the party\u2019s grip on ideology and eliminated what little space there was for political speech and civil society.<\/p>\n

\u2018Xi Jinping thought\u2019 attempts to unify<\/a> economic and legal reforms, party discipline and the \u2018Chinese dream\u2019 of national rejuvenation. The dream extends to exerting global leadership and shaping international institutions to better reflect China\u2019s great-power status. Beijing is explicitly interested in propagating<\/a> China\u2019s conception of law and legal practice internationally, establishing new legal standards and enforcing its interests through its own version<\/a> of law.<\/p>\n

The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic has seen China\u2019s overseas diplomatic methods<\/a> harden, with \u2018wolf warrior\u2019 diplomats becoming overtly aggressive<\/a> and sometimes using coercive tactics<\/a> to pursue CCP goals.<\/p>\n

\u2018Little pink\u2019 (or \u2018xiao fenhong<\/em>\u2019) ultra-nationalists have been allowed free reign to support this approach. Such examples illustrate why some European nations<\/a>, Indonesia, India<\/a> and others<\/a> are turning away from China\u2019s sphere of influence. That said, the economic reach and allure of the PRC\u2019s huge consumer market will persuade many nations to acquiesce to China\u2019s advances.<\/p>\n

Despite heavy surveillance and built-in disincentives to protest any perceived injustice, such as the social credit system, China\u2019s civil society continues to mobilise where possible. As French philosopher Michel Foucault declared<\/a>, as soon as there is a power relationship there is always the possibility of resistance<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The CCP is pursuing its domestic and international goals with increasing vigour. Following Xi\u2019s July \u00a0speech<\/a> marking the centenary of the CCP, it\u2019s clear the party will not swallow anything that undermines its interests as it \u2018marches toward the second centenary goal of building China into a great modern socialist country in all respects\u2019.<\/p>\n

With this march there are worrying signs. There\u2019s a rising wave of ultra-nationalism<\/a> geared to unquestioningly supporting Xi\u2019s power as supreme head of the party. China\u2019s rise is deeply impacting global financial, trade and legal regimes. It has befriended illiberal governments such as North Korea, Iran and Belarus, and it openly courts the Taliban<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the skilful management of international relationships through negotiation and diplomacy in multilateral forums is becoming less likely as global organisations such as the United Nations, World Health Organization and World Trade Organization have themselves become highly contested spaces<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Any consensus about what constitutes \u2018rule of law\u2019 is breaking down. China is enabling the emergence<\/a> of more illiberal political, security and economic alternatives to those traditional global organisations. And where its international-level clout has not yet changed things in its favour, China\u2019s sway is evident at regional and sub-regional levels where politicians can be more easily influenced and there\u2019s even less transparency.<\/p>\n

The unfortunate potential exists in these tensions, at least in the short- to medium-term, for the US and its allies and China to engage in a zero-sum game. This bleak \u2018grey-zone\u2019<\/a> is rapidly unfolding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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