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
Tours organized for foreign journalists in China by propaganda officials and organizations like the All-China Journalists Association may be deployed with slightly more subtlety than those for domestic "news workers." But the goal is the same — to guide coverage in ways favorable to the leadership.| China Media Project
Four and a half decades after Deng Xiaoping called for Marxism to adapt to China's "material conditions," Xi has added that it must also match "China's outstanding traditional culture." But the "Two Combines," as this formula has been christened, is aimed squarely at legitimizing and justifying his own uncontested power.| China Media Project
