Document number 9

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As Document Number 9 ( Sino  9號文件 , Pinyin jiǔháo Wenjian ) an internal strategy paper is the Communist Party of China referred to what before Western values and their distribution in China is warned.

The document is also called Document Number Nine or Document No. 9 , while an exact translation is a communiqué on the current situation in the ideological sphere ( Chinese  关于 当前 意识形态 领域 情况 的 通报 , Pinyin Guānyú dāngqián yìshí xíngtài lǐngyù qíngkuàng de tōngbào ).

The confidential document was published internally in 2012 before it leaked to the global public in 2013 through a leak by Chinese journalist Gao Yu . Gao Yu was then sentenced to 7 years in prison.

Observers come to the conclusion that the document by President Xi Jinping given party line reflects, even if it is not directly stated as an author.

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The document warns of the following Western values, which are referred to as "problems" in the document and forbids any mention of them in education and training:

  1. A Western-style democracy with separation of powers , a multi-party system , general elections and an independent judiciary would undermine socialism with Chinese characteristics.
  2. The spread of universal values such as human rights , rule of law , freedom and democracy could challenge and undermine the theoretical foundation of the CCP.
  3. The strengthening of civil society as a counterweight to the state, which defends the rights of the individual against it, destroys the foundations of the party.
  4. The spread of neoliberalism undermines the economic system of China through liberalization , privatization and the market principle.
  5. The Western notion of journalism , freedom of the press and a free internet run counter to the Chinese principle of party discipline , which requires the media to communicate the party's view.
  6. A critical historiography undermines the CP's determined interpretation and moral assessment of events in Chinese history and the history of the party, as well as the historical necessity of Chinese socialism.
  7. Criticism of the way in which reform and opening-up policies and socialism with Chinese characteristics are being carried out , which the Chinese system describes as “capitalist socialism” or “state capitalism”, leads to confusion and hinders further progress.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.chinafile.com/document-9-chinafile-translation
  2. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/17/world/asia/china-journalist-gao-yu-gets-7-year-sentence.html
  3. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/20/world/asia/chinas-new-leadership-takes-hard-line-in-secret-memo.html
  4. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1234453/seven-subjects-limits-teaching-chinese-universities-told