The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Australia
(Marxist-Leninist) salutes the 65th anniversary of the founding of
the People’s Republic of China on October 1, 1949.
Led by Chairman Mao Zedong and the Communist Party of China,
the Chinese people stood up. After long
years of struggling against feudal landlords, against colonialism, against
Japanese imperialism, against the agents of imperialist trading corporations
and finance houses, and against the vicious Guomindang reactionaries, the
Chinese nation regained its self-esteem, the Chinese people reclaimed their
dignity and became, for the first time, the masters of their own destiny.
The Communist Party vested state power in the hands of the
workers and peasants of China. A socialist economy began to meet people’s basic
needs for food, shelter, health care and education. On every front there was a massive upsurge of
enthusiasm for the creation of a new society.
A collective morality based on service to the people and putting
self-interest last became a motivation for hard work and a simple,
unostentatious lifestyle.
Regrettably, the momentum towards socialism has been lost as
sections of the economy have been transferred to new capitalist elements through
a “reform” movement. Ostentatious displays of personal wealth, criminal
activity, corruption and individualism have emerged in the wake of these
changes. While there are avenues for some contest over the future direction of
China, state power is by and large in the hands of oligarchs within and without
the Communist Party.
The 65th anniversary is also witness to a
student-led protest movement in Hong Kong.
The former British colony once enjoyed a privileged economic position as
the entreport through which capitalist governments (particularly those that
refused to recognise the PRC) did business with the mainland of China. Hong Kong has since lost that monopoly
position. A number of new Hong Kongs have
been built in recent years within China itself, most notably nearby Shenzhen. This has caused some grief to the old
power-holders in Hong Kong capitalist society who cling to the belief that a
British or US-style political system would restore the opportunities they feel
have been overtaken by China.
US imperialism is particularly adept at using civil
disturbances to its own advantage and manipulating events through bodies like
the CIA and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).
We call for the peaceful resolution of contradictions
between the holders of state power in China and the pro-Western elements in
Hong Kong on the basis of “one country, two systems” and the Basic Law of Hong
Kong. Genuine causes for complaint among
the broader sections of Hong Kong society should be investigated and
addressed. But Chinese sovereignty must
be upheld because behind all disruptions in Hong Kong, Tibet, Xinjiang and
Taiwan are the US imperialists who desperately want to prevent the further strengthening
of China as a competitor and rival.
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Further reading:
US links to Hong Kong protests - see http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Wikileaks-HK-Protests-Linked-to-US-Government--20141002-0011.html
http://www.globalresearch.ca/hong-kong-occupy-central-funded-by-washington-the-neocons-and-the-national-endowment-for-democracy-ned/5411731
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Further reading:
US links to Hong Kong protests - see http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Wikileaks-HK-Protests-Linked-to-US-Government--20141002-0011.html
http://www.globalresearch.ca/hong-kong-occupy-central-funded-by-washington-the-neocons-and-the-national-endowment-for-democracy-ned/5411731
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