Narrating China's Governance : Stories in Xi Jinping's Speeches.

People's Daily, Department of Commentary.

Narrating China's Governance : Stories in Xi Jinping's Speeches. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (282 pages)

Intro -- Preface: Elaborating on the Governance of China by Telling Stories -- Introduction -- Contents -- About Domestic Affairs -- 1 Stories of Incorrupt Government: "The Corruption and Unjustness of Officials Give Birth to the Decline of Governance" -- Refusing Gold with the Four Knows -- Pertinent Dictums and Deep Truths -- No "House of Cards" in Anti-corruption -- The Hard-Earned Wealth of the People -- Farewell My Concubine -- Waist Bent When Promoted the Third Time -- The Untimely End of the Qin Dynasty -- The Tune Presaging the Fallen State -- Pei Ju Turned from Obsequious in Sui to Outspoken in Tang -- Inferiors Follow the Example of Superiors -- Three Not-Cheats -- Popular Support -- The Yan'an Conversation -- Dispelling the Sufferings of the People -- Be Incorruptible and Diligent Without Complaint of Poverty or Hardship -- 2 Stories of Morals: "Governing the Country After Cultivating One's Moral Character and Managing the Family's Affairs Well" -- A Half Quilt -- Emperor Kangxi Disfavored the Lingzhi Mushroom -- Self-cultivation Is the Priority-Among-Priorities for Statesmen -- Never Hanker After Transient Success -- The Great Love of Teachers -- Statesmen's Aspirations -- "Under Jiao Yulu's Paulownia, Their Tears Run in Spate" -- Words and Deeds -- The Power of Faith -- "We Must Save Him, Even If We Have to Go Begging" -- Gu Wenchang's Hidden Achievement -- Marx Produced Capital: A Critique of Political Economy Poverty -- Water Droplets Drilling Through Rock -- They Irrigated the Land of China with Their Blood -- 3 Stories of Inspiration: "Learning Is Beneficial to the Talent, Just as Grinding Can Make the Knife Sharp" -- "Work Like Farm Cattle" -- "Serve the Country with Utmost Loyalty" -- Borrowing a Book from 30 Miles Away -- Why Did China's Science and Technology Lag Behind -- Where Did the Time Go?. Heroes Emerge from a Nation's Youth -- The Revolutionary Youth -- Keeping up with the Times -- Learning by Thinking -- To Have a Good Grasp of Original Works -- The Xunwu Investigation -- The 114-Character Epitaph -- Read the Communist Manifesto 100 Times -- The Three States of Study -- Do not Be Pessimistic, or Idle the Time Away -- The Return of a Prodigal Child -- 4 Stories of Governance: "Solid Work Makes the Country in Great Order, While Boasting Makes It Disordered" -- The Dizzy Onward March of Chinese Mobile Phones -- "Prepare to Suffer Losses" -- The Chinese Miracle -- The World's Top Eight Pollution Incidents -- Liu Qing Settled in Huangpu Village for Literary Inspiration -- The "Governor" Is Coming -- It Takes Time to Achieve Maturity in a Governance System -- Discipline Must not Become a Dusty Document -- Literary China -- The Lost 200 Years -- The Sigh of Zhang Zhidong -- Scramble for the "Shackles of Poverty" -- "Are You Chinese?" -- No Unity, No Strength -- Build up "Two Mountains" -- Donkey and Horse Theory -- The Emperor Should Guard the Gate of the Country -- Cannikin Law -- Sweet Potato Theory -- Why Did Argentina Lose Its Title? -- Choosing and Appointing Talented People Is Like Selecting and Using a Tool -- Buying a Horse Skeleton for 500 Tales of Gold -- Respecting Elders Is a Great Virtue -- About Foreign Affairs -- 5 Stories of Friendship Between the People: "The Relationship Between Two Countries Is Based on the Friendship Between Their People" -- "Great Brothers" -- "A Bond of Gold and Jade" -- The Century-Old Story of Sociedad Central de Beneficencia China -- "Chinese People's Two Old Friends" from Peru -- The Freedom Fighters Singing Revolutionary Songs -- A Chinese Mothers' Group-"Love of Africa" -- Never Forget Professor Colin Mackerras -- A Brazilian with a Chinese Heart -- The Arabian Restaurant in Yiwu. A Half-Century Journey Seeking His Mother -- "Panda Blood" Donated to Chinese Friends -- The Feeling of Taking All the Gold Medals -- A Young Chinese Couple's African Honeymoon -- 6 Stories of Relationship Between the Countries: "Harmony Is Most Important in the Implementing of Regulations" -- The China-Iran Friendship on the Silk Road -- A Memorial Statue of Deng Xiaoping -- How Faithful Are China and Pakistan to Each Other -- Newtonian Mechanics -- "A River Runs Deep Because of Its Source" -- The TAZARA Was Constructed by Friendship -- "Golden Keys" from Muscatine -- 8 Stories of Historical Emotions: "Distance Can Never Separate Real Friends" -- The Treasure Boat of Zheng He in Singapore -- The "Friendly Past" of China and the US -- "The Foreign Soldiers of the Eighth Route Army" on the Battle of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression -- Marshal's Daughter in the Nazi Concentration Camp -- The Humanitarian Spirit Lighting up the Darkness -- The Close Connection Between Brazil and Chinese Tea -- 9 Personal Experiences: "Eternal Belief" -- "The Most Memorable Is Hangzhou" -- The Changes in Liangjiahe Village -- A Night Speech at Yingtai -- APEC Blue -- Guling in His Heart -- Epilogue: To Be a Good "Storyteller" of China's Stories.

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