Claude Arpi | China’s new weapon is ‘political archaeology’
Published Apr 29, 2021, 4:10 am IST
Updated Apr 29, 2021, 4:10 am IST
In February this year, the Communist Party of China (CPC) started a new campaign called Party History Learning and Education
Students waving flags of the Communist Party as they prepare to watch a movie The Founding of a Party in Yangzhou, in China s eastern Jiangsu province, to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. (Photo: AFP)
In February this year, the Communist Party of China (CPC) started a new campaign called “Party History Learning and Education”; it will continue in full swing through the year as the CPC celebrates its centenary in July. Neican, a weekly brief on China published from Australia, observed: “The CPC’s official historiography is a product of politics and serves a political agenda.” There is no doubt about this, and India should closely watch the new campaign.