This book covers the whole system of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, dealing with Deng Xiaoping's theory, the socialist market economy, a moderately well-off ( Xiaokang ) society, China's practice and theory of socialist democracy, human rights, and Xi Jinping's Marxism. In short, the resolute focus is the Reform and Opening-Up.
Socialism with Chinese Characteristics is one of the most important global realities today. However, the concept and its practice remain largely misunderstood outside China. This book sets to redress such a lack of knowledge, by making available to non-Chinese speakers the sophisticated debates and conclusions in China concerning socialism with Chinese Characteristics. It presents this material in a way that is both accessible and thorough.

Is the first comprehensive study of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in English Relies primarily on Chinese Marxist scholarship Explains carefully how China's socialist system has developed and how it works

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Roland Boer is a professor in the School of Marxism, at Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China. Among numerous works on Marxism and philosophy, he has published the five-volume work, The Criticism of Heaven and Earth (2007-14). In 2014, it was awarded the Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial Prize. He has recently published Socialism with Chinese Characteristics: A Guide for Foreigners (Springer 2021), and Friedrich Engels and the Foundations of Socialist Governance (Springer 2021).

Inhalt
Introduction: Marxism as China's Special Skill.- Reading Deng Xiaoping.- Contradiction Analysis: History, Meaning, and Application.- The Marxist Basis of the Reform and Opening-Up.- China's Socialist Market Economy and Planned Economy.- Seeking a Xiaokang Society, or, Socialist Modernisation.- The Chinese Marxist Approach to Sovereignty and Human Rights.- Socialist Democracy in Practice.- Socialist Democracy in Theory.- Xi Jinping on Marx and Engels.- Conclusion: On the Socialist System and Cultural Confidence.