"At the Beijing Forum on Art and Literature In October, President Xi Jinping delivered a speech on the artists’ responsibility to promote Party ideology with their work. Xi’s words once again prompted comparison to his predecessor Mao Zedong, who himself defined the responsibility of artists in the PRC at the Yan’an Forum on Art and Literature in 1942." (emphasis added)
Well, that doesn't sound good does it? No, it doesn't. "Once again" is what I alerted to. It has been so long since I've checked CDT that I don't know what Xi has done before. There is always a subtext with China, nothing is just as it appears on the surface. Why would Xi be doing this--and "again"--after Bo Xilai? And so soon? I don't know.
Well, that doesn't sound good does it? No, it doesn't. "Once again" is what I alerted to. It has been so long since I've checked CDT that I don't know what Xi has done before. There is always a subtext with China, nothing is just as it appears on the surface. Why would Xi be doing this--and "again"--after Bo Xilai? And so soon? I don't know.
