Thread by @GeringTuvia

"Capital power, in my opinion, dominates political and social power in the US, and as a result, the American dream has withered like yesterday's chrysanthemum" - CCP member and celebrity professor Zhang Weiwei, Dean of Fudan University's China Research Institute.
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On the afternoon of October the 18th, the 9th World Forum on China Studies kicked off at the Shanghai International Convention Center. The forum's theme was "The Communist Party of China, China, and the World," with the participation of nearly 200 scholars from 42 countries.
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At the opening ceremony, Zhang Weiwei, who was the lead discussant in a Politburo Standing Committee study session earlier this year, gave a keynote speech on "Chinese Power Going Global," discussing the differences between the Chinese and the Western models.
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This is yet another interesting vignette on the supremacy of the "China model" (and why America stinks) and Han chauvinistic sense of particularity.
Excerpts:
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"We recently had a conversation with a US think tank. I told them that their depiction of Xinjiang as a concentration camp and a "hell on Earth" is an insult to human intelligence. It's like saying that America is the world's most backward country, though it is quite backward.
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"I always say that Western media and think tanks must be courageous in informing the US and Western society about the basic facts... For example, the vast majority of Chinese people are pleased with the path their country has taken, the vast majority of Chinese people believe..6/

"...that the CCP is a very positive force for good, and the vast majority of Chinese people believe that China's Xinjiang region has undergone radical and positive changes. Is it really so difficult to tell your people the truth?"
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Link: guancha.cn/politics/2021_…