TNAG-1622-FCO40-2236-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-China-1987 — Page 191

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WITHOUT THIS, THE CONDITIONS IN WHICH REFORM AND MODERNISATION COULD TAKE PLACE COULD NOT EXIST.

3. THE STARTING POINT AND THE GOAL OF THE STRUGGLE AGAINST BOURGEOIS LIBERALISATION WAS THUS FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT FROM THOSE OF CAMPAIGNS AND STRUGGLES IN THE PAST.

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THE CURRENT STRUGGLE WAS ATTEMPTING NOT TO STOP REFORM OR RETREAT

INTO ISOLATIONISM BUT TO ENSURE REFORM AND THE OPEN DOOR.

THE STRUGGLE WAS REGULATED BY A CLEAR CUT POLICY.

BOURGEOIS LIBERALISATION HAD BEEN DEFINED VERY SPECIFICALLY AND WAS LIMITED TO TWO TENDENCIES

OPPOSING THE LEADERSHIP OF THE PARTY

OPPOSING THE PRACTICE OF SOCIALISM IN CHINA.

SEVERE CRITICISM WAS CONFINED TO A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF PARLY MEMBERS AND

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WITHIN THE PARTY, TO THOSE IN POLITICAL OR IDEOLOGICAL

CIRCLES.

OTHER MISTAKES, EVEN THOSE IN POLITICAL OR IDEOLOGICAL AREAS, WOULD NOT BE LABELLED BOURGEOIS LIBERALISATION.

THIS KIND OF CRITICISM WOULD NOT AFFECT ANYONE OUTSIDE THE PARTY

NOR WOULD IT AFFECT PRACTICES IN RURAL OR ECONOMIC WORK.

IT WOULD NOT AFFECT POLICY IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

MINORITY NATIONALITIES,

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RELIGIOUS PRACTICE

NOR DEMOCRATIC PARTIES.

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PARTY MEMBERS WHO HAD CONSISTENTLY ADVOCATED BOURGEOIS LIBERALISM WOULD BE CRITICISED AND EDUCATED.

THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE HAD EMPHASISED THE EDUCATION OF PARTY MEMBERS SHOULD BE FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT THAN BEFORE.

PEOPLE COULD IN THE END KEEP THEIR RESERVATIONS., THEY WOULD NOT

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