This term, which remains a crucial phrase in the CCP’s vocabulary on press and information control in China today – in an era of rapidly developing digital communications – first appeared in official Party criticisms of former Party secretary Zhao Ziyang (赵紫阳) following the brutal crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing on June 4, 1989. The essential idea behind the term is that media control is essential to preserving regime stability, based on the leadership’s unde...| China Media Project
An important phrase used actively by the Chinese Communist Party since 2022 and leading through to Xi Jinping’s unprecedented third term, “era-ization” serves to reinforce Xi’s power by defining him as a crucial modernizer of Marxism for the current era.| China Media Project
With the addition of a grandiose new buzzword in China for culture and civilization, it may seem that a towering future is on the horizon. We take a hard look at the foundations of "Xi Jinping Thought on Culture."| China Media Project