CHINA-INTERNAL: XI JINPING ADDRESSES NATIONAL PROPAGANDA AND IDEOLOGY WORK CONFERENCE
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Addressing a 2-day National Propaganda and Ideology Work Conference in Beijing that ended on August 22, 2018 CCP CC General Secretary and Chinese President Xi Jinping started by addressing criticism that propaganda has gotten out of control recently. He said practice has proved that the decisions and deployment of propaganda and ideological work by the Party Central Committee are completely correct." He said “We must…illustrate China’s special characteristics, and effectively preserve our political security.” He added that authorities must more effectively control and use the internet and make it…the biggest contributor to our project.” Urging artistes to "unceasingly release odes to the Party, odes to the motherland, odes to the people and odes to heroes…and write the new epic of the Chinese nation,” he asked officials to do a better job of promoting China abroad and said they "must…take the initiative and tell well the story of how the Chinese Communist Party governs the country…so that the world can better understand China.”
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