The Buzzwords Of The Latest Five-Year Plan
China's policy documents,
Repeat the same pronouncements,
The tactics might change,
But strategy is constant.
Every policy document, invokes the holy ghosts,
It says,
“We must stay committed to Marxism-Leninism,
Mao Zedong Thought, [&] Deng Xiaoping Theory”
Every policy document, thanks the current host,
It says,
“[We must] fully implement Xi Jinping Thought
on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics”
Every policy document, cribs from the same notes,
The Theory of Three Represents, which was all about
the still talked about productive forces,
and the Scientific Outlook on Development which said,
“seek truth from facts, advance with the times, and be practical and effective,”
As Hu Jintao wrote.
Over 15 five-year plans, the Party has evolved 5D vision.
(Say that three times fast, if you have the cognition)
First they thought in Three-Spheres
“Economic, political and cultural,”
Then they evolved to a Five-Spheres Integrated Plan
adding “social and eco-environmental”
Try saying eco-environmental three times fast, it's mental.
The China Dream, if I may put it on a fork for you, is
1. “Moderate Prosperity,”
2. “In-depth reform”
3. “Law-based governance”
And number four, what Xi has enforced,
4. “Strict Party discipline”
This is called the Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy.
Or you can just call it a fork in the road.
China's policy is really no mystery,
They're literally publishing history,
There is no autarky of solitary Xi,
If anything they're autopilot, from last century.
There's massive policy continuity.
China has been China First from the first,
But not by making other places worse.
They just mind they own business,
And these days, business is marvelous.
For 2030, “Common prosperity” is the vision,
And 2049 is supposed to be full socialism,
And note that China admits it's not communist,
The name is not the journey, it's the destination.
Thus this five years' mission is the rousing,
“Let us work hard together toward the goal
of basically realizing socialist modernization.”
I feel like ‘basically’ is lost in translation.
If I could condense this Five-Year Plan,
I would just list the buzzwords, as I can,
“high-quality development”
“new quality productive forces”
“higher-quality economic growth”
Quality is the buzziest word of all.
If I had to defend this Five-Year Plan,
I'd say the parts I ‘Stan’ (as in fan), are
“ecological conservation redlines”
“reasonable adjustments to excessive incomes”
“severity tempered by leniency”
It's not perfect, but compared to the competition,
There's no competition.
I read China's policy docs
and see the same tics and tocks,
Repeating like a clock,
When every doc they talk,
about
Xi Jinping Thought,
The Three Represents,
Mao Zedong Thought,
The Productive Forces,
and on, and hence.
China's policy documents,
Repeat the same slogans,
The five-year tactics might change,
But the 100-year strategy is unbroken.
China's policy is so stable,
It's honestly boring.