This book examines the political use of China's traditions by the
party-state in contemporary China. It argues that the party-state
has taken an official Marxist stance in terms of the political use
of tradition. Besides looking at the official Marxist stance, this
book also looks at critiques of the party-state's use of traditions
by the Liberalists and Neo-traditionalists. The underlying
political ideologies of these three camps are Marxism, Liberalism
and Neo-traditionalism. These three political ideologies have been
the most influential in Chinese politics since the Republican
Revolution in 1911. The contemporary political use of China's
traditions is a competition between Marxism, Liberalism and
Neo-traditionalism. This competition is critical to the future of
Chinese politics.This book also examines three cases, representing
identical ways of the political use of traditions. The three cases
are the children's reading-of-the-classics movement, the
construction of a Chinese Cultural Symbolic City, the construction
and subsequent removal of a statue of Confucius in and from
Tiananmen Square, and the revision of the official list of public
holidays. The study of the three cases attempts to shed light on
the three ways Chinese traditions have been used politically by the
party-state. It also attempts to explore the reasons for the
party's use of Chinese traditions, the reasons for the party's
scepticism with regard to using Chinese traditions, and more
importantly, the competition and/or cooperation between Marxists,
Liberalists and Neo-traditionalists.
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