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In a modern China grappling with growing social inequalities, Mao’s words justify the anger many young people feel towards a business class they see as exploitative. They want to follow in his footsteps and change Chinese society – and some have even spoken of violence against the capitalist class if necessary.

Mao fashion lays bare the paradoxical reality facing the party, which celebrated the centenary of its founding last week. Under President Xi Jinping, the party has placed itself at the center of almost every aspect of Chinese life. He takes credit for the country’s economic progress and tells the Chinese people to be grateful.

weakens and opportunities for young people diminish. The party has no job function email database one else to blame for a growing wealth gap, unaffordable housing and a lack of labor protection. He must find a way to appease or tame this new generation of Maoists he helped create, or he might face challenges to rule.

“The new generation is lost in this divided society, so they will seek out the keys to the problems,” a Maoist blogger wrote on the social media platform WeChat. “In the end, they will certainly find Chairman Mao.”

In interviews and online posts, many young people have said that they can identify with Mao’s analysis of Chinese society as a constant class struggle between the oppressed and their oppressors.

“Like many young people, I am optimistic about the future of the country but pessimistic about mine,” said Du Yu, a 23-year-old who suffers from burnout from his last job as an editor in a blockchain startup in the tech-obsessed Chinese city of Shenzhen. Mao’s writings, he said, “offer spiritual relief to small town youth like me.”