Maoist Communist Party of China 中国毛泽东主义共产党 Zhōngguó Máo Zédōng Zhǔyì Gòngchǎndǎng | |
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| Founded | 26 December 2008 (2008-12-26) |
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| Political position | Far-left[1] |
| Colours | Red |
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| Simplified Chinese | 中国毛泽东主义共产党 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中國毛澤東主義共產黨 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | China Mao Zedongist Communist Party | ||||||||||
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TheMaoist Communist Party of China (MCPC)[a] was an undergroundcommunist party inChina adhering toMarxism–Leninism–Maoism.[2] The party was established in 2008 by Chinese leftists againstreform and opening up pursued by theChinese Communist Party (CCP). Its founders were arrested inChongqing in 2009.
The MCPC was established in 26 December 2008, the birthday ofMao Zedong. On the internet and through leaflets in big cities like Shanghai, the Party distributed a "Letter to the People of the Nation" on 26 December 2008 and January 2009. In the letter, the Party calls the rulingChinese Communist Party (CCP) a "revisionist ruling group", and that thereform and opening up policies implemented by the CCP represent a "complete restoration of capitalist line". The article accused the "revisionist CCP" of being a "reactionary organization" that "led wolves into the house and sold out territory, territorial waters, mines, resources, banks, factories, roads, bridges, and national dignity, turning the CCP into a vassal of US imperialism.” The article also criticizedDeng Xiaoping of being a "unrepentantcapitalist roader", and claimed the MCPC usesMao Zedong Thought as its guide to action. It called on Chinese people to overthrow the "fake Communist Party" and also turn against the "reactionary elites" who signed the dissidentCharter 08.[3]
Maoist activist Ma Houzhi was arrested on 15 October 2009 for organising an MCPC meeting inChongqing. According toRadio Free Asia, Ma put Chongqing Party SecretaryBo Xilai as either general secretary or honorary chairman of the MCPC. He was sentenced to ten years in prison and released in 2019.[4] On 12 May 2021, on the eve of the100th anniversary of the CCP, Ma was again arrested.[5]
The MCPC is strongly against economic reforms pursued by the CCP which have, according to the party, "restoredcapitalist social conditions". As such, it seeks to overthrow the "traitorousrevisionist ruling bloc within the Chinese Communist Party" by initiating a "secondsocialist revolution" to re-establish thedictatorship of the proletariat. The ultimate objective of MCPC is to achievecommunism.[1][6]
The Maoist Communist Party of China is a proletarian revolutionary party armed with Marxism-Leninism-Maoism ...
