Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the Conference Marking the 70th Anniversary of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence on Friday in Beijing.Here is the full text of his speech.Carrying Forward the Five Principles of
for me to agree with that, china must reign in its foreign capitalists. they’re capable of doing that and they’ve done it in select cases, but they must do it completely. They’re not in any way as bad as the west, but not nearly as good as the soviet union or a socialist country. They’re not trying to combat unequal exchange, they’re trying to make ‘win win’ situations.
im not saying i discard them, but im not championing them as the ones who will free our world. They’re extremely important to subverting western international capital, but they do that by helping the national bourgeoisie.
This isn’t about freeing the world. The primary contradiction in the world today is the west vs the global south. China is helping them to not be economically subservient to the west and that’s the most important step towards building socialism in the present moment. Whatever happens after that is anyone’s guess, but all I’m saying is it’s very disheartening to hear that many people here believe the global south will just end up like the west.
for me to agree with that, china must reign in its foreign capitalists. they’re capable of doing that and they’ve done it in select cases, but they must do it completely. They’re not in any way as bad as the west, but not nearly as good as the soviet union or a socialist country. They’re not trying to combat unequal exchange, they’re trying to make ‘win win’ situations.
im not saying i discard them, but im not championing them as the ones who will free our world. They’re extremely important to subverting western international capital, but they do that by helping the national bourgeoisie.
This isn’t about freeing the world. The primary contradiction in the world today is the west vs the global south. China is helping them to not be economically subservient to the west and that’s the most important step towards building socialism in the present moment. Whatever happens after that is anyone’s guess, but all I’m saying is it’s very disheartening to hear that many people here believe the global south will just end up like the west.