Chinese President Xi Jinping used a speech remembering Mao Zedong to push a framework the current leader rolled out recently to counter the West¡¯s capitalist model.
The ¡°central task¡± of the nation and its ruling Communist Party is ¡°to build China into a stronger country and rejuvenate the Chinese nation on all fronts by pursuing Chinese modernization,¡± Xi said in Beijing on Tuesday, as he marked 130 years since Mao¡¯s birth.
Xi described ¡°Chinese modernization¡± ¡ª a vague concept he has been promoting since 2021 ¡ª as ¡°a cause passed down from veteran revolutionaries including Mao Zedong¡± that is now ¡°the solemn historical responsibility of today¡¯s Chinese Communists.¡±
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