End of a bad idea

China proves economic growth doesn’t always bring civil liberties, political rights. Post-Mao China is commonly seen as a country devoid of any ideology. The death of communism meant that the ruling elites could no longer invoke utopian ideals to motivate people or claim legitimacy. Western liberalism has not taken hold in Chinese society either, mainly due to the repression by the Communist Party, which views liberal values as ideological threats to its power.

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