Year: 2019
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: Xi Jinping 习近平, the most powerful man in an increasingly powerful People's Republic of China (PRC), marked the fortieth anniversary of the Reform Era with a speech reaffirming China's commitment to the path of economic reform and opening up to the outside world.Describing the reforms as a 'great reawakening' of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Xi credited the Party, of which he is the chairman, with 'the most profound and the greatest social transformation in Chinese history'.The speech was peppered with phrases for power, from 'irresistible and magnificent power' 势不可挡的磅礴力量 to 'modern socialist powerful nation' 社会主义现代化强国.There are many words and phrases for power in Chinese, each with its own unique history and significance.That significance changes from place to place and time to time -in Taiwan and Hong Kong, for example, a 'person from a powerful nation' 强国人 can be an ironic or satirical reference to mainlanders, especially those who are boorish or don't follow local rules and customs.The four characters on the cover, which can be combined either left to right or top to bottom to form phrases indicating various kinds of power, don't even begin to exhaust the The Politburo attend a grand gathering to mark the fortieth anniversary of the Reform Era, December 2018
Source: Power
DOI: 10.22459/csy.2019.00
Authors: Paul J. Farrelly, Jane Golley, Linda Jaivin
Institutions: Australian National University, University of Canberra
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4233701305