The Use of Mao and the Chongqing Model

　　MAO Zedong was a Chinese communist leader and founder of the People's Republic of China. He developed his own ideology and methodology known as Maoism or Mao Zedong Thought, and his thought has a great influence in China or even overseas.This book aims at bringing together a group of scholars to address the uses of Mao in China (PRC) today with special reference to the Bo Xilai case. It also provides insights and detail on how and what we know about modern China. Contributing authors, including a number of French scholars, illustrate how Maoism influence and engages in government, business sector or social life.

　　This timely volume will be of considerable interest to scholars, journalists, and those keen to better understand the changing values in China today.

1. Introduction
—Joseph Y. S. CHENG

2. Mao Zedong in Contemporary Chinese Official Discourse and History 
—Arif DIRLIK

3. Business, Protest, Repression —The Eclectic Uses of Mao in Contemporary China
—Jean-Philippe BÉJA

4. The Maoist Revival and the Conservative Turn in Chinese Politics
—Willy LAM

5. Repackaging Mao in Times of Uncertaint 
—Ben XU

6. The Mao Generation at the Helm — What Difference Could It Make? Will They Still Make Use of Mao, and How? 
—Michel BONNIN

7. Maoism and the Quest for Democracy in China 
—Torbjörn LODÉN

8. The “Chongqing Model” — What It Means to China Today 
—Joseph Y. S. CHENG

9. In The Red 2.0 — Online Reactivation of Maoist Mobilization Methods and Propaganda 
—Émilie TRAN

10. Propaganda and Pastiche — Visions of Mao in The Founding of a  Republic, Beginning of the Great Revival and Let the Bullets Fly
—Sebastian VEG

11. Renegotiating the Traumatizing Experiences — Reemploying Images of Mao in Contemporary Art
—Minna VALJAKKA

作者簡介



Joseph Y.S. CHENG

　　Chair Professor of Political Science
　　Department of Public Policy,
　　City University of Hong Kong