The Left and Right in Contemporary China Chu

The Left and Right in Contemporary China Chu Ran Department of Political Science

Index Discussion Empirical Study Meaning of Left and Right in China Difference between China and the West What does the left and right Why Chinese conceptions of really mean in China? the left and right differ from the west? Conclusion Reference Empirical Study Ideological Spectrum (意识 形态光谱) in China

Left and Right in Contemporary China Index Discussion Empirical Study Conclusion Reference Instead of liberals on the left and conservatives on the right, Chinese public discourse places conservatives on the left and liberals on the right.

Left and Right in Contemporary China Index Discussion Empirical Study Conclusion Reference The word conservatism is not as commonly used as liberalism because the left in China today aims to conserve the socialist system and the dominance of the Communist Party.

Left and Right in Contemporary China Index Discussion Empirical Study Conclusion Reference To improve these socialist values, traditional values and symbols such as Confucianism have been co-opted by the party in recent years in an effort to rebuild a sense of national identity.

Left and Right in Contemporary China Index Discussion Empirical Study Conclusion Reference

Difference: Comparison of China and the West Index Discussion Empirical Study Conclusion Reference Promotion of a free market economy, which is considered conservative in the context of the west, is on the liberal right in China because it is the most significant rejection of the radicalism in Mao’s China.

Difference: Comparison of China and the West Index Discussion Empirical Study Conclusion Reference The most central ideological issue in China seems to be political : upholding a socialist state versus advocating for a liberal constitutional democracy

Difference: Comparison of China and the West Index Discussion Empirical Study Conclusion Reference Political ideology in the U. S. and Western Europe tend to be variation on classic liberalism rooted in the ideas of political theorists such as John Locke , and Adam Smith.

Difference: Comparison of China and the West Index Discussion Empirical Study Conclusion Reference Parties in these regimes differ on how best to achieve these targets, through more competition or more protection, but the ideological debate does not question the values such as democracy and civil liberties.

China’s Ideological Spectrum Index Discussion Empirical Study Conclusion Reference ← This study tries to determine whether ordinary individuals fall along a coherent ideological spectrum, and whethere are regional and inter-group variations in ideological orientation.

China’s Ideological Spectrum Index Discussion Empirical Study Conclusion Reference Respondents in China who are politically liberal are also much more likely to be economically and socially liberal ; and vise versa.

China’s Ideological Spectrum Index Discussion Empirical Study Conclusion Reference At the provincial level, liberal ideology is highly correlated with modernization, measured by the level of economic development, trade openness, and the urbanization.

Conclusion Index The ideological spectrum in China places conservatives on the left and liberals on the right. Discussion The most central issue is about upholding a socialist state Empirical Study Conclusion Reference versus advocating for a liberal constitutional democracy. Ideology in China is strongly uni-dimensional.

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