Uses of Mao today 毛澤東在當代中國的意義和用途 14 – 15 June 2012
As the 18th Party Congress approaches, much discussion has focused on the purported “red revival” spurred by Bo Xilai’s campaign of chang hong da hei or “Praise the Red and crack down on the Black” in Chongqing, a policy of tough measures on crime, accompanied by propaganda steeped in Mao-era references. For more information about the conference, please click here.
Part 1 – June 14 Conference
Introduction – Sebastian Veg (CEFC)
– Joseph Cheng (City U)
– Jean-Pierre Cabestan (Baptist U)
Panel 1. Politics and economic policy. Chaired by John Burns (HKU)
1/ Jean-Francois Huchet (INALCO) – From Mao to Hu. The Politics of Economic Reform
2/ Joseph Cheng (City U) – Neo-Maoism, What Does it Mean for China Today?
3/ Q&A
Part 2 – June 14 Conference
1/ Ching Cheong (Straits Times) – Mao continues to haunt China
2/ Q&A
Part 3 – June 14 Conference
Panel 2. The weight of History, chaired by Kam Louie (HKU)
1/ Arif Dirlik (Eugene, Oregon) – Mao in Chinese official discourse
2/ Michel Bonnin (EHESS) – The Mao generation: Xi Jinping and the educated youth in power
3/ Xu Ben (St Mary’s California) – Repackaging Mao in Times of Legitimacy Uncertainty
4/ Q&A
Part 1 – June 15 Conference
Panel 4. Adapting Mao in different contexts. Chaired by Kuan Hsin Chi (CUHK)
1/ Willy Lam (Akita University, Japan) – The Maoist Revival and the Conservative Turn in Chinese Politics
2/ Jean-Philippe Béja (CEFC Beijing) – Business, Protest, Repression: the eclectic uses of Mao in Contemporary China
3/ Q&A
4/ Emilie Tran, Eric Sautedé and Grégoire Muller (University of St Joseph, Macao) – In the Red 2.0: Online Reactivation of Maoist Mobilization Methods and Propaganda
5/ Q&A
