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What is the reassertion of ideology?Show answer
Under Xi Jinping, ideology returned to the centre of political life. The leadership reinvested in Marxist study, intensified ideological discipline within the Party, and elevated "Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era," which was written into the Party constitution in 2017 and later the state constitution, conferring on a living leader an ideological status not seen since Mao. The relatively pragmatic, low-ideology atmosphere of the Deng-to-Hu decades gave way to a renewed insistence on belief, loyalty and the Party's guiding doctrine. This reflects a judgement that the earlier ideological slackness had weakened the Party's cohesion and sense of purpose.
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Identify two features of the Deng-era political model that Xi Jinping has reversed. [4 marks]
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Explain why the leadership revived ideology and Party discipline after 2012. [12 marks]
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"The Xi Jinping era is best understood as the intensification, not the abandonment, of the reform-era political model." How far do you agree? [20 marks]
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