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Utopia

“Utopia” (乌有之乡, Wūyǒu(Nonexistent) Zhīxiāng(Location)) is the community-managed Chinese political and economic bulletin board which favors Marxist-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought. The bulletin board and bookstore of the same name were co-founded by Hán Déqiáng1) and Fàn Jǐnggāng2) in 2003.3)

History

This section could be written better, with context of former “Old Left” publications in the Maoflag article.

In the past, Utopia had a bulletin board at “wyzxsx.com” and an online bookstore at “wyzxsd.com”, but it was forced to close in 2012 as the community supported Bó Xīlái,4) a controversial revivalist5) that would be expelled after the Wáng Lìjūn incident.6)7) Nowadays, the online newsletter at “wyzxwk.com” remains which does accept user-written articles, but the articles must manually be approved to appear.

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Notes

  • The website's original name was “Wūtuōbāng” (乌托邦), the loanword for “Utopia”, but the SAIC had rejected the name. As a result, they settled on “Wūyǒu Zhīxiāng” (乌有之乡).
    • Han acknowledges the irony of calling it a “Utopia” when Marx was historically known to criticize the concept of utopian socialism, asserting that they thought it would be slandered.9)
  • Each article has six reactions: “moved” (感动, gǎndòng), “happy” (喜悦, xǐyuè), “support” (支持, zhīchí), “absurd” (荒谬, huāngmiù), “sad” (难过, nánguò), and “angry” (愤怒, fènnù).

See also

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1)
“Hán Déqiáng” (韩德强) is a Beihang University statistics teacher and economist.
2)
“Fàn Jǐnggāng” (范景刚) is the website's webmaster.
3)
"A Maoist utopia emerges online " (June 26, 2011). South China Morning Post.
4)
"Body double claim a part of show trial fear" (August 17, 2012). The Sydney Morning Herald.
5)
Bó Xīlái was known for his Chongqing model and Red culture movement, but the scandal effectively ended his political career with the 18th National Congress electing Xí Jìnpíng into power in 2012. Since then, Bó was deemed “corrupt” during the anti-corruption campaign, serving a life sentence in prison, and his policies were retroactively called “idealist” as he was accused of attempting to seize state power.
6)
"China shuts down Maoist website Utopia" (April 6, 2012). The Guardian.
7)
"The Communists that China Forgot" (April 30, 2015). Foreign Policy.
8)
The “Three Rural Issues” (三农问题, Sānnóng Wèntí) address concerns with agricultural industrialization, rural areas lacking development, and farmers having low incomes since the 1992 southern tour. The issues were coined by an economist in 1996 and the CPC started to address these issues in the early 2000s by abolishing rural taxes, developing the land, and ensuring that migrant workers have rights.
9)
"韩德强 毛是Teacher" (October 14, 2012). China Digital Times.
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