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Political Movements, Change and Stability: The Chinese Communist Party in Power

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2009

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Actually we could have picked a different name, such as the Chinese People's Party, the Revolutionary Party, the Liberation Party – any of these would have been OK. But no matter what, our intention remains to resolve the “property” (chan) issue. What are we fighting for? What is our goal all about? Getting “property” – not private property, but public property. For everybody to get rich, for everybody to lead a good life. That's why there has to be a revolution.

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Copyright © The China Quarterly 1999

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