> in recent years there have been a few commentatorsboth at home and abroadthat have asked if what modern china is doing can really be called socialism. some have said we have engaged in a sort of capital socialism; others have been more straightforward, calling it state capitalism or bureaucratic capitalism. these labels are completely wrong. we say that socialism with chinese characteristics is socialism. > we must recognize that our labors today and the unceasing work of so many generations in the future are paired together, all moving towards the ultimate goal of achieving communism. if we throw away our communist partys lofty ideals, we will lose our direction and become coldly utilitarian. at the same time, we must recognize that the realization of communism is a very long historical process. we must ground ourselves in the struggles of the present moment and keep our work down to earth. - president xi jinping
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