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The Future Is Now // Conclusion

The below was a note written by a 79-year old Chinese refugee to the United States, dated 21 December 2018

With the acceptance of the younger reformists’ decisions to host national elections for provincial-level, the council of forever-aging octogenarians decided to allow for true realignment in the political system of the People’s Republic of China, allowing for free and fair elections across the country. In the first elections in 1997, the Chinese Communist Party was voted in by large margins throughout swathes of the country, with the sole exceptions of minority regions, Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou. The Chinese Communist Party received 74.3% of the vote in the country, with independents representing various political movements such as New Nostalgia and Minority movements receiving majority votes in the above-stated exceptions. At the time, the Chinese Communist Party appeared stronger than ever - with protests stopping, and continued control of the Politburo and the Standing Committee, which remained indirectly elected. But nothing lasts forever. And neither did the unquestioned rule of the Chinese Communist Party.

As time passed and China further liberalised, the fall of the Soviet Union and the rise of the World Wide Web, left unchecked by a government more focusing on politics and governance, allowed for the development of capitalist mindsets within coastal elites and other educated individuals in the State, creating divisions between the coastal Han-majority states and the inland-majority states. Despite this, the Chinese Communist Party controlled their rule, until the graduates of the first major liberalised universities of the country, including American-supported universities, began forming other political organisation bodies in secret, which post-election had their existence revealed. Due to the complacency of the Chinese Communist Party and Premier Chen Xiaoying, these developments were ignored, and the continuing educational improvements and societal liberalisation was permitted, much as had been permitted in colonial societies of the 20th century (regardless of the historical precedent against it)

This led, by 2005, to the liberalisation of the electoral system to allow for the election of a Central Committee by provincial officials due to the liberalisation of the elected provincial officials and the Central Committee themselves. Additionally, the requirement to be approved by party officials was removed at this juncture. The new Federalist government, with jurisdiction over most matters besides Federal matters, already modelled after that of the United States, allowed for the development of vastly disparate systems, with different values and beliefs. The Communist Party continued to control vast swathes of West-Central and East China, but West China quickly fell politically to ethnically-driven minority parties, which proceeded to implement pro-minority policies in those regions, causing greater disparity and disagreement from Han Chinese who felt that the minorities were getting a special deal.

In 2012, for the first time, the cities of Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Tianjin were, in a shocking election, won by a liberal, capitalist political party, pledging to eradicate the legacy of Mao, Deng, the other Deng and every other communist. When they won in a shocking election, the first threats to the Communist Party’s rule was uncovered - with the loss of Beijing, the country became a country truly, for the first time, ruled by the peasants of the state - the farmers. But with continuing urbanisation and power shifts to the cities of the State, the rule of the peasants was no longer sufficient. The peasants, with lower representation and increasing questioning of the Chinese system, looked away from politicians, to revolutionaries and individuals promising everything.

In the 2017 election, a new party emerged from almost nothing - led by Tin Yun Shan, the party was known as the ‘Know-Nothing’ party - modelled after the same party of the United States, the party aimed to represent the interests of the peasants, and the individuals who supposedly knew nothing. The party’s leader, always insisting on being referred to as Dr. Tan, promised a new age of autocracy and dominance for the Han peasants in a way the Maoists and Communists had never ensured. With an assortment of racially targeted remarks and other incendiary remarks, Tin Yun Shan got elected with a wide majority in the central and Southern regions of China, with even the Maoist peasants having voted him in, being the first individual to take down the entire apparatus of the Chinese Communist Party. Much of this was furthered by the introduction of one of the most effective political advertisements in international history.

Tin Yun Shan’s regime has been thus far characterized by the invocation of populist propaganda and the dismantling of the Chinese Communist Party. He has promoted the removal of words from the national discourse through legislative bans like “Mao”,  “Communist”,  “Maoist”,  “Politburo” and many others. He has promoted the concept of double-think, promoting a new era of autocracy and indoctrination. Cutting off most ties with the outside world,Tin Yun Shan has made China, in a strangely familiar manner, an autocratic, insular State, oppressing its minorities and imposing autocratic police rule. His approval rating is 68%, and is likely to further increase with yesterday’s death of the last vestige and promoter of old Communist rule, Zhao Ziyang, through pneumonia, after having recovered from a total of 76 heart attacks and many other near-death experiences in his lifetime. He is projected to win the next elections with an overwhelming majority, after which he promises to suspend the very concept of democracy or elections, as well as ban those words. 

The actions of the people have spoken. The people have won. The people have won! Democracy has resulted in autocracy, and may the cycle repeat infinitely, with the death of many more sons, daughters, grandsons and granddaughters. Ultimately, it’s the same thing after all, right? Communism, Maoism, or whatnot. After all, as the Chairman himself said, no one can win the war without the support of the common peasants, and as he said, the peasants themselves have spoken. 

This is your legacy. Long live the People’s Republic of China! I guess...

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富不过三代

Protests have sprung up across China. From the mountains of Xinjiang to the coasts of Fuzhou, the people have risen once more. They come out of their houses and settle in the streets, almost all below the age of thirty, waving posters and broomsticks. They stand in front of the provincial courthouses and blockade the police posts.

This is a new generation, one which has seen China’s fortunes reverse, one more well-fed than the last, one who dwells in brick houses instead of mud huts, one who has seen the great ports of Beijing and Guangzhou. This is a generation richer than the last, better educated than the last, a generation with hope for a better future, and the zeal to fight for it. This is a generation shaped by the climatic events of the past decade: the foreign capitalists who have brought so much wealth to China from their democratic nations, the unrest in Xinjiang which was only resolved through elections, the systemic failure of traditional Chinese leadership structures which has led to crisis after crisis.

They demand more. They have grown tired of late with a leadership they see as insular and out of touch, universally eighty to ninety in age, focused too much on outdated principles. They see a leadership which has stayed in power for twenty years -- far too long -- and now has neglected the people. And neither are they satisfied with the younger leaders the Central Committee has installed: leaders like Chen Xiaoying and Ding Yu Han.

So they demand to change their leadership. It is time for a new fourth generation of leaders, the young people say, not one decided by the current leadership, but a generation of leaders of their own making. The people want their own right to representation. The people want democracy throughout China, for them to be heard and recognised. They demand a new constitution, one which enshrines within it a commitment to human rights and democracy.

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You, the Politburo, have gave the the people much so far. Will you give them this too?

And to whom, will you pass China’s torch to?

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The End of the Maoist Problem (For now...) // Why Nations Fail

With the approval of the negotiation agreement by Shi Shixuan on the behalf of the Chinese and the removal of the ban on the Book in Guangxi itself as well as the directive to allow the self-sustenance of the Maoist people in “Guangxi”, as well as the imposition of self-governance for the semi-autonomous region, the Maoists have agreed to end all hostilities with the Chinese people and live in peace with the Communist Party. Support for the Communist Party continues to rise given the autonomy given, and the freedom given to local Peoples’ Communes means that many of the Peoples’ Communes adopt a more reformist stance towards collectivisation as opposed to the previous, Maoist stance, thus allowing for further economic development of the After almost twenty years, the Maoist problem is over. Shi Shixuan is Governor of the Guangxi State, and has promised to work towards cooperation. 

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Is China transitioning to democracy, or is it fragmenting?

Article by a China-focused think tank in Vancouver

In recent years, after the fall of the Soviet Union, similarly rapid changes in the direction of democratisation have occurred in China. Perhaps propagated by Gorbachev’s comments that the transition to freedom of will is not entirely undesirable, democratic movements have begun popping up across China. In formerly and currently controlled Nostalgic territory, democratic communes have been established with the peasants having been enfranchised, making local executive decisions and generally cooperating with the Communist Party in the implementation of humanitarian provisions. In Xinjiang, local peoples’ communes have begun experimenting with democracy and similar experiments are rumoured to be planned in other provinces with large populations of minorities. 

In the meanwhile, an effectively autonomous region has been established consisting of both state-controlled and rebel-controlled regions of Guangzhou, where people’s communes have re-collectivised agriculture and developed economic systems effectively independent of the People’s Republic. Through all this, increasing autocracy has become the characteristic of rule in cities like Shanghai and Beijing, prompting increased educational discontent in the bigger cities of the country. Scholars extensively wonder whether these wide disparities are indicative of an adequate transition to democracy or a future fragmentation, but all may depend on whether the Politburo acts to secure its legitimacy from the people, who increasingly seek democratic will, and how they do so - the old methods of autocracy or an increasingly popular democratisation.

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Press Statement from the Minister of Public Security, Hu Yaobang

I apologise for my actions in handling the Beijing poster situation. Personally, I am very much an advocate for the kind of sentiments expressed in the poster, but I do not support any kinds of violence or violent riots / protests. As Minister of Public Security, I promise I will listen more to the people, but if any violent sentiment or revolutionary spirit starts happening, my officers will start a crackdown immediately. With recent events unfolding, many people are relieved, hoping to see some peace in the Republic.

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China, a Country Caught in between Two Worlds

As China continues to open up its economies, many more companies have been considering to move into the communist state of the Republic of China. This is the first incident in the world where a Communist State attempts to adopt capitalist measures. Many in the political science field are baffled with this approach, dismissing it as a likely failed experiment. In truth, I am also unsure on how this may go, and seeing what has been happening. If the Chinese Communist Party was able to succeed in this experiment, there is a potential in establishing a whole new method of governance. However,we have yet to see reasons for its success, and it is likely that there will be additional pressure on the Republic. This is likely a true test for the Republic.

This is an opinion piece written by Milton Friedman, an American Economist who have received the 1976 Nobel Prize on Economics for his research on consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and complexity of stabilisation policy. 

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First-Ever Internal Polling Demonstrates Continued Legitimacy of the Party - Chen Xiaoying

This communication is exclusive to the Politburo and cannot be spread outside

After my election, I went down and met the people of China, who I had previously met as a former Nostalgic. They told me one thing - that they wanted the right to choose, and that if they could choose, they would still choose us. With high economic growth, us ensuring their basic needs, and the complete irresponsibility of groups like the Maoists, we continue to retain high amounts of popularity. I have commissioned nationwide polling of individual provinces, and in all provinces except minority-heavy Western regions, Guangzhou Military Region and Shanghai, we have obtained a majority of all votes. The map is shown below, but I want to note something - that in Xinjiang, where I understand there are miniature democratisation efforts undertaken by my comrades in the Politburo such as Ulanhu and Khan, the people have responded by showing increased trust in the system, especially after their basic needs are met. Even in Guangzhou Military Region, our approval rating is relatively high and we would get nearby 40% of the vote from the peasant population in any election period, definitely an improvement due to the imposition of Representative Peoples’ Communes by Ye Jianying, although I must confess I did not expect him to agree to the democratisation effort, instead I thought Hu Yaobang, instead of cracking down on public security, would start listening to the people. Let us obtain the metaphorical Mandate of Heaven through our people. After all, we cannot win the war of history without the people on our side. Let us get the people on our side. 

Red - Communist Party of China

Brown, Pink - Minority Movements (no specific party or organisation was provided)

Yellow - Nostalgic Movement

Green - Capitalist Leadership

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An Unofficial Ceasefire Improves Quality of Life

With no additional military operations by either the Nostalgics or the State since the military crackdown on the Nostalgics operating in Guangzhou, an uneasy peace has settled over Guangzhou for now. Ye Jianying’s troops have begun cooperating with the Nostalgic troops to allow for the transfer of humanitarian assistance into and outside of rebel-held territories to allow for the repatriation of the civilian quality of life in Guangzhou. 

As of now, in the territories occupied by Ye Jianying, the “democratic Han experiments” that were previously ongoing have continued to operate, with the peasants electing a peasant representative to air their concerns our and discuss important concerns with other representatives from across rebel-held regions. Freedom of movement has been ensured for these representatives. The current map of rebel-held territory and the current locations of individual “Representative Communes for the Peasants” are indicated on the map below.

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Press Statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is deeply concerned by the acts of terror in Shanghai. The Minister of Public Security has allocated more resources to protect the port cities in Shenzhen and Tianjin, and hopes that our international counterparts remain confident in the Chinese economy and market.

With the world turning its eyes towards China opening its borders, many question the Republic’s statement, given the unrest that has been plaguing the Republic for nearly a decade. 

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Shanghai bombed, 299 dead!

In a sudden act of violence in what was previously the safest city in China, Shanghai’s port has been bombed by a large explosive, causing the death of 76 port workers and 223 other civilians as well as the occurrence of 544 injuries. These injuries occurred due to the placement of the bomb in a building at the port where the port offices were located, along with the offices of several other businesses and organisations. Witnesses reported seeing hundreds of people running away from the explosion, some of whom appeared terrified at the explosion. Many of the bodies found at the scene were too charred for identification or investigation, hampering investigative efforts. 

While foreign investors have expressed that instability is already part of the equation of investing in China, the attack on the previously safe, but relatively unsecured city of Shanghai will potentially caution themselves and others from putting other investments into place. Many of the businesses located in the offices that were bombed were from  investors from Western Europe, who had been persuaded through an aggressive promotional campaign by the Chinese government to attract investment, and this may lead to reduced future investment in Shanghai and greater diversification to more secured cities like Shenzhen and Tianjin. 

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"A government which bombs us with tear gas is not one which cares about us”

Published by the Washington Post

As the Maoist insurgency in Southern China starts ceasing, much in conjunction with the increasing Indian crackdowns on Maoist insurgencies in that region as well, reports have started spreading about the brutality of the methods employed to take back the territory from the Maoists. Without the support of the civilians of the rural areas of Guangzhou, who felt left behind by the relatively unequal development of Guangzhou and Shenzhen compared to the rest of the region, the government resorted to aggressive air-bombing tactics, carpet bombing much of the region with explosive munitions and tear gas.

An estimated 170,000 civilians have died in the conflict over the Guangzhou military region in the South of China, and the government has yet to resume humanitarian aid to any affected geographical portions or to resume the repatriation of evacuated civilians to their homes or cities. Citizens of the Guangzhou region, while not appearing to be protesting en masse, have generally refrained from the traditional shows of support for the Chinese government that has been expected over the past half-century. With continued ideological freedom (barring the banning of the Book of Nostalgia), the perceived illegitimacy of the State may increase with the continuing violence and the increased ability to spread information through technological democratisation. 

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1992 State Planning Commission Report

The State Planning Commission had compiled its report on the economy. Please refer to the link below:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xFfiBsY58uJ5BEOJnK5iry2EsWN4xwyRgUC4rtmlM-c/edit?usp=sharing

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A Sleeping Giant Turns Over A New Leaf

Published by the New York Times

In what may well be seen as the realignment of the century, the Chinese Communist Party has, for the first time in twenty years, elected the first new members into the Chinese Politburo, as Jiang Zemin, Chen Xiaoying, Ding Yuhan and Jiangxi Khan are elected to the Politburo. Two young 60-somethings, the two “Jiang”s have steadily worked their way up from their various local communes. Jiangxi Khan represents the first time that any minority leader who has previously campaigned against the government on minority rights has been elected as a Full Member of the Politburo. Jiang Zemin represents a more conventional choice, while Chen Xiaoying was a former Nostalgic who defected back to the Central Government and assisted in military and propaganda operations against the Nostalgics, culminating in their reducing territory. Ding Yuhan is the first architect of the “technocrat” model - a medical specialist, he has advocated for reform of the healthcare system. While the first three have indicated a lack of interest in uptaking cabinet positions in their first term out of deference to the current committee, Ding has publicly stated his aspirations to lead an unified healthcare system for China.

Chen Xiaoying, as a Nostalgic, campaigned for the democratisation of China post Nostalgic-victory, with the implementation of open elections with wide enfranchisement of the peasants of China, who he felt had lacked the right of representation - as part of the “New Democratic” aspect of Maoism. It is not unreasonable to suspect similar support from Jiangxi Khan, with his long experience with minority groups in Xinjiang and the recent cooperation between the government and minorities to increase food aid, as per official government press sources. With increasing Chinese trade with the United States and the rumored negotiation of an economic free-trade agreement with the White House, a democratic China may well be a possibility in the future. This however depends on the Old Guard’s response - autocratic, hardline and violent, they cracked down on the Maoist rebellion in Guangzhou without any mercy or differentiation for civilian rights - dropping tear gas on households, imprisoning Maoists in inhospitable conditions and denying critical services to tens of millions mandatorily evacuated and still not returned. Many members of the Old Guard and much of the Central Committee is known to oppose any form of attempt at democratisation, claiming a continuance of legitimacy and the lack of any change in the political status quo. With these new changes, however, and the rise of economic growth from continuing economic market reforms, one wonders what the China of 2000 will look like, especially when compared with the China of Chairman Mao.

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Victory! Victory...?

Several military developments have recently taken place as a result of the strong and cohesive action of the Chinese Communist Party. The Navy has firstly been mobilised, taking immediate action and stationing near Shenzhen to assist with the evacuation of citizens. The United Kingdom and Portugal have decided to assist with the humanitarian mission near their territories of Hong Kong and Macau, for which no return agreement has been agreed upon, causing much controversy and confusion. This has helped with the temporary evacuation of many civilians from Guangzhou Military Region, although the effectiveness of evacuation measures from rebel-held regions is very low. Evacuations have thus focused on Hainan region, succeeding in evacuating high-risk individuals from Hainan to other cities. The evacuation attempt has been supported by the extensive usage of loudspeakers and scare tactics, including the portrayal of an us vs them mentality. Vietnam has also been assisting by providing logistical support at present for the evacuation of Chinese along the Sino-Vietnam border as refugees, of which there are presently 220,000. However, it has maintained that a more extensive system of assistance must be specially negotiated. 

At the same time, neighbouring provinces like Kunming have seen extensive construction of military infrastructure ready to host up to 112,000 soldiers, although whether these will be used in the light of constantly reducing numbers of Nostalgic soldiers has been questioned. This has come at high cost - a loan of $300 million has been taken for the construction of these equipment as it falls outside the jurisdiction of the presently provided budgetary overlay. Similar military infrastructure has been set up in Wuhan.  Other parts of the country have also seen significant mobilizations, with Northeast Shenyang undergoing a full-scale mobilisation despite (or maybe because of) the fall of the Soviet Union. 

The Air Force has become highly active in the region, with hundreds of fighter jets flying over to provide support for the troops of the State and to engage in surveillance measures. However, despite their most detailed attempts, planes typically fly very high above the ground, and not like in the image below, and thus they have not been able to see the relatively minuscule figure of Li Xuening from that height - in fact, they have not been able to distinguish any single individual from that height, from which they can only observe street block-level features.

The Air Force has not been able to engage in extensive tear gas bombing due to the high presence of civilians in non-evacuated regions, but with the evacuation of civilians along the Sino-Vietnamese border, at the coastal areas and along the borders of the Nostalgic territory, the existing military forces have begun making pushes into territory held. Ye Jianying’s forces in particular have been extremely successful in taking back the heart of rebel territory near Guilin, with Zhao Ziyang’s forces and Hua Guofeng’s forces taking back the coastal areas and providing a supply line to Hainan after years of lacking such a supply line. Ye Jianying’s forces stationed in Kunming have also underwent a swift Blitzkrieg-like movement on the Sino-Vietnamese border, taking back the major border regions while also informing the Vietnamese government of the relevant actions, however still prompting the re-deployment of 21,000 Vietnamese troops on the same border.

The Maoist Nostalgic territory is now severely limited. But the war is not yet won. Li Xuening is now without known location and there are Nostalgic agents in every city and town in the country- especially with the suspected Nostalgic assassination attempt on Hua Guofeng. The ideological battle has not yet been won, and may have in fact been made even harder with the major violence engaged in by the State, including the wanton usage of tear gas, some of which has accidentally targeted civilians. The support for Nostalgics within the territories recently captured is still known to be extremely high, and most Han rural peasants are believed to have Nostalgic sympathies outside cities. To win a war, you must win the people.

The latest territory controlled is shown below - The Maoist army now mostly controls rural areas, and its army only has 29,000 soldiers left, compared to the more than 100,000 state soldiers deployed to the area. 

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The US... in Xinjiang

A strange procession of blonde-haired, white-skinned people stepped down from a commercial jet in Xinjiang province, earning the stares of many bewildered onlookers. They proceeded to set themselves up in an official government office, and distribute food to alleviate the food shortage in the region.

A bunch of angry Maoists gathered outside the agency and protested, waving huge handpainted signs that called for “banishing the foreign dogs”. They were attacked by several Uyghurs, and as more combatants joined, the ensuing brawl was only separated by police after thirty minutes.

Further food distribution has been temporarily suspended in lieu of security concerns.

But really, should these foreigners really be here?

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The Soviet Union Dissolves

It is December 25, 1991. 

For the past 46 years, the world has been plagued by a Cold War that has divided nations onto two sides, based on ideology, culture and a host of other dividing lines. Today, Mikhail Gorbachev dissolved the Soviet Union into its constituent Republics and resigned, giving a televised address discussing the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Much instability is expected across the Republics of the former Soviet Union, especially with the distribution of nuclear weapons and military troops across the Soviet Union and the expected push by Russia to gain ownership over these weapons as the expected international successor of the Soviet Union. The following is the transcript of Gorbachev’s speech-

Dear fellow countrymen, compatriots. Due to the situation which has evolved as a result of the formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States, I hereby discontinue my activities at the post of President of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. I am making this decision on considerations of principle. I firmly came out in favor of the independence of nations and sovereignty for the republics. At the same time, I support the preservation of the union state and the integrity of this country. The developments took a different course. The policy prevailed of dismembering this country and disuniting the state, which is something I cannot subscribe to. 

After the Alma-Ata meeting and its decisions, my position did not change as far as this issue is concerned. Besides, it is my conviction that decisions of this caliber should have been made on the basis of popular will. However, I will do all I can to insure that the agreements that were signed there lead toward real concord in society and facilitate the exit out of this crisis and the process of reform. This being my last opportunity to address you as President of the U.S.S.R., I find it necessary to inform you of what I think of the road that has been trodden by us since 1985. Squandered Resources

I find it important because there have been a lot of controversial, superficial, and unbiased judgments made on this score. Destiny so ruled that when I found myself at the helm of this state it already was clear that something was wrong in this country. We had a lot of everything -- land, oil and gas, other natural resources -- and there was intellect and talent in abundance. However, we were living much worse than people in the industrialized countries were living and we were increasingly lagging behind them. The reason was obvious even then. This country was suffocating in the shackles of the bureaucratic command system. Doomed to cater to ideology, and suffer and carry the onerous burden of the arms race, it found itself at the breaking point.

All the half-hearted reforms -- and there have been a lot of them -- fell through, one after another. This country was going nowhere and we couldn't possibly live the way we did. We had to change everything radically. It is for this reason that I have never had any regrets -- never had any regrets -- that I did not use the capacity of General Secretary just to reign in this country for several years. I would have considered it an irresponsible and immoral decision. I was also aware that to embark on reform of this caliber and in a society like ours was an extremely difficult and even risky undertaking. But even now, I am convinced that the democratic reform that we launched in the spring of 1985 was historically correct. The process of renovating this country and bringing about drastic change in the international community has proven to be much more complicated than anyone could imagine. However, let us give its due to what has been done so far.

This society has acquired freedom. It has been freed politically and spiritually, and this is the most important achievement that we have yet fully come to grips with. And we haven't, because we haven't learned to use freedom yet. However, an effort of historical importance has been carried out. The totalitarian system has been eliminated, which prevented this country from becoming a prosperous and well-to-do country a long time ago. A breakthrough has been effected on the road of democratic change. Market Format Nears. Free elections have become a reality. Free press, freedom of worship, representative legislatures and a multi-party system have all become reality. Human rights are being treated as the supreme principle and top priority. Movement has been started toward a multi-tier economy and the equality of all forms of ownership is being established. Within the framework of the land reform, peasantry began to re-emerge as a class. And there arrived farmers, and billions of hectares of land are being given to urbanites and rural residents alike. The economic freedom of the producer has been made a law, and free enterprise, the emergence of joint stock companies and privatization are gaining momentum.

As the economy is being steered toward the market format, it is important to remember that the intention behind this reform is the well-being of man, and during this difficult period everything should be done to provide for social security, which particularly concerns old people and children. We're now living in a new world. And end has been put to the cold war and to the arms race, as well as to the mad militarization of the country, which has crippled our economy, public attitudes and morals. The threat of nuclear war has been removed. Once again, I would like to stress that during this transitional period, I did everything that needed to be done to insure that there was reliable control of nuclear weapons. We opened up ourselves to the rest of the world, abandoned the practices of interfering in others' internal affairs and using troops outside this country, and we were reciprocated with trust, solidarity, and respect. We have become one of the key strongholds in terms of restructuring modern civilization on a peaceful democratic basis. The nations and peoples of this country have acquired the right to freely choose their format for self-determination. Their search for democratic reform of this multi-national state had led us to the point where we were about to sign a new union treaty. Popular Resentment

All this change had taken a lot of strain, and took place in the context of fierce struggle against the background of increasing resistance by the reactionary forces, both the party and state structures, and the economic elite, as well as our habits, ideological bias, the sponging attitudes. The change ran up against our intolerance, a low level of political culture and fear of change. That is why we have wasted so much time. The old system fell apart even before the new system began to work. Crisis of society as a result aggravated even further. I'm aware that there is popular resentment as a result of today's grave situation. I note that authority at all levels, and myself are being subject to harsh criticisms. I would like to stress once again, though, that the cardinal change in so vast a country, given its heritage, could not have been carried out without difficulties, shock and pain. The August coup brought the overall crisis to the limit. The most dangerous thing about this crisis is the collapse of statehood. I am concerned about the fact that the people in this country are ceasing to become citizens of a great power and the consequences may be very difficult for all of us to deal with.

I consider it vitally important to preserve the democratic achievements which have been attained in the last few years. We have paid with all our history and tragic experience for these democratic achievements, and they are not to be abandoned, whatever the circumstances, and whatever the pretexts. Otherwise, all our hopes for the best will be buried. I am telling you all this honestly and straightforwardly because this is my moral duty. I would like to express my gratitude to all people who have given their support to the policy of renovating this country and became involved in the democratic reform in this country. I am also thankful to the statements, politicians and public figures, as well as millions of ordinary people abroad who understood our intentions, gave their support and met us halfway. I thank them for their sincere cooperation with us. Avoidable Mistakes

I am very much concerned as I am leaving this post. However, I also have feelings of hope and faith in you, your wisdom and force of spirit. We are heirs of a great civilization and it now depends on all and everyone whether or not this civilization will make a comeback to a new and decent living today. I would like, from the bottom of my heart, to thank everyone who has stood by me throughout these years, working for the righteous and good cause. Of course, there were mistakes made that could have been avoided, and many of the things that we did could have been done better. But I am positive that sooner or later, some day our common efforts will bear fruit and our nations will live in a prosperous, democratic society.

I wish everyone all the best.

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The First Victory!

Published by the People’s Daily

Today, the first major victory occurred for the State against the Maoist rebels. The Maoist rebels, numbering 36,000, attacked the city of Guangzhou from an assortment of different positions, assaulting important government buildings and initially gaining a strong foothold in the city due to the lack of coordination and organization between different commanders of troops. They claimed their Casus Belli as the Nostalgic right to spread their ideology where it does not exist and use war to implement their agenda where necessary. However, the people of Guangzhou stood up against the Maoists, with peasants denying access to homes, factory workers booing the Maoists and people actively sabotaging their equipment to prevent its use by the Maoists. 613 Maoists were killed by civilians alone through stabbings. One civilian who claimed to have stabbed four Maoists to death, when interviewed, said - “I respected the Chairman. I respect the Chairman. But this is not Maoism. This is gangster activity posing as Maoism. How can we let this happen?”

Upon the alert by networks of civilians to various military troops present in Guangzhou itself and nearby cities, reinforcements began arriving from the suburbs of Guangzhou and nearby regions, where the vast majority of the 46,000 soldiers defending the region had been stationed (but who had not been able to defend against the Maoists due to the Maoists attacking through the North-West, where no garrison was stationed. These reinforcements began taking back the city actively, being more skilled and trained. Despite some morale loss from the infrastructural limitations of their abodes and their food limitations, they were buoyed by the people of Guangzhou, who cheered on the military as it stepped in to re-take Guangzhou. With aggressive fighting near the centre of Guangzhou, the military successfully retook the city, capturing the majority of Maoist forces, many of whom, seeing the people’s support, have already defected back to the State’s military. 13000 troops from the State died or were severely wounded, while 17500 troops from the Maoists were killed and the remaining imprisoned. of the 18500 imprisoned, a full 14000 defected back to the government.

The remaining government forces, combined with the 14000 additional forces, form a 47000-strong garrison ready to attack and defeat the Nostalgic Forces, who now number a mere 40000 in total. But the lesson is clear - the people make the difference. The people allowed the rout of the State near Vietnam, and the people allowed the Victory of the State in Guangzhou. Maoism, New Maoism, Dengism or Anarchism, the People Control All!