Here the idea is that not only small- time officials but also big players will be arrested for corruption. More pointedly still, the video says that both “flies” and “tigers” will be caught. There’s even an expression that captures that impulse: “My father is Li Gang!” Supposedly uttered by a drunken driver fleeing an accident scene, the phrase represents impunity based on status. The video tells viewers, “You think your dad can protect you? No way!” This is a direct reference to the widespread sense that children of influential party members can get away with anything. Moderate prosperity, in particular, gets short shrift, maybe because both China’s economy and its stock market are in worrisome states.īut a good deal of attention is focused on reform and the rule of law, interpreted with reference to the fight against corruption - the party’s most serious long-term problem. Not every one of the four principles is emphasized equally. And the party is the entity that can make it all take place. Rule of law is the “guarantee” that this will happen. Reform is the “drive” - the way to get there. The logic runs like this: Prosperity is the ultimate goal. So how does the video connect the four principles to the Chinese Dream? (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) Its most basic purpose is to define success - and to do so in an achievable way. In essence, the video is saying, if we achieve the Four Comprehensives, then the party will have succeeded in delivering what people need. One gets the impression of a committee asking itself, “Do people understand the relationship between these four goals and an achievable, deliverable end state?” Worried that people don’t, the committee comes up with the idea of a video that’ll make the relationship explicit. Online, the video has been criticized as offensively dumb. The Four Comprehensives lead directly to Xi’s master slogan of the Chinese Dream - which is, like most national dreams (the American Dream included), a protean, flexible concept empty of specific content. The main point emerges upfront, when the girl asks, “Does it have something to do with the Chinese Dream?” The answer is a resounding yes. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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