{"id":11867,"date":"2012-01-03T18:01:48","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T18:01:48","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-01-03T18:01:48","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T18:01:48","slug":"China-s-President-Lashes-Out-at-Western-Culture-","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=11867","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s President Lashes Out at Western Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Hu Jintao has said China must strengthen its cultural production to defend against the West\u2019s assault on the country\u2019s culture and ideology, according to an essay in a Communist Party policy magazine published this week. The publication of Mr. Hu\u2019s words signaled that a new major policy initiative announced in October would continue well into 2012.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

The essay, which was signed by Mr. Hu and based on a speech he gave in October, drew a sharp line between the cultures of the West and China and effectively said the two sides were engaged in an escalating war. It was published in Seeking Truth, a magazine that evolved from a publication founded by Mao Zedong as a platform for establishing Communist Party principles. \u201cWe must clearly see that international hostile forces are intensifying the strategic plot of westernizing and dividing China, and ideological and cultural fields are the focal areas of their long-term infiltration,\u201d Mr. Hu said, according to a translation by Reuters. \u201cWe should deeply understand the seriousness and complexity of the ideological struggle, always sound the alarms and remain vigilant, and take forceful measures to be on guard and respond,\u201d he added. Those measures, Mr. Hu said, should be centered on developing cultural products that can draw the interest of the Chinese and meet the \u201cgrowing spiritual and cultural demands of the people.\u201d Chinese leaders have long lamented the fact that Western expressions of popular culture and art seem to overshadow those from China. The top-grossing films in China have been \u201cAvatar\u201d and \u201cTransformers 3,\u201d and the music of Lady Gaga is as popular here as that of any Chinese pop singer. In October, at the sixth plenum of the party\u2019s Central Committee, where Mr. Hu gave his speech, officials discussed the need for bolstering the \u201ccultural security\u201d of China.<\/strong> \u201cThe overall strength of Chinese culture and its international influence is not commensurate with China\u2019s international status,\u201d Mr. Hu said in his essay, according to another translation. \u201cThe international culture of the West is strong while we are weak,\u201d he added.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

Mr. Hu\u2019s words suggested that China would not lift anytime soon strict limits that it sets on imports of some cultural products. Each year, the agency in charge of regulating film allows only 20 foreign movies to potentially make a profit off their box office take here. Hollywood studios have long criticized that system and lobbied the United States government and international organizations to pressure China into scrapping or loosening the quota.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

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