‘Quasi-deification’ puts Xi Jinping in same league as Mao and Deng

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The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) propaganda machinery has gone into overdrive eulogizing the “Xi Jinping spirit.”

Education Minister Yuan Guiren: "[E]nsure that the spirit of General Secretary Xi’s major talks is being introduced in textbooks – and that it will fill the brains [of students]." / miniharm.com — Education Minister Yuan Guiren: “[E]nsure that the spirit of General Secretary Xi’s major talks is being introduced in textbooks – and that it will fill the brains [of students].” / miniharm.com

Exhortations about “deeply implementing the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s series of important talks,” have suffused commentaries in People’s Daily, Seeking Truth and other major party mouthpieces.

One commentary claimed that Xi’s theoretical innovations amounted to “the substantiation, enrichment and development of the concept of socialism with Chinese characteristics… [as a result of which] the Sinicization of Marxism has been brought to new heights.”

It is likely that the CCP Constitution will be revised in the near future to highlight the 62-year-old supremo’s contribution to the Marxist canon.

Thus, the “Xi Jinping spirit” has been elevated to the same level as Mao Zedong Thought and the Theory of Deng Xiaoping.

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‘Quasi-deification’ puts Xi Jinping in same league as Mao and Deng, EastAsiaIntel.com, Inside China, Willy Lam, WorldTribune.com

‘Quasi-deification’ puts Xi Jinping in same league as Mao and Deng added by World Tribune on February 11, 2015
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