title: “Follow the path of Russia”: The experience of transforming Chinese society
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metadata.value: Zou, Xiuchun
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metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Yang, Liangzi
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2020-09-22T19:17:22Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2020-09-22T19:17:22Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2020-09
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metadata.value: Xiuchun Zou, Liangzi Yang. “Follow the path of Russia”: The experience of transforming Chinese society. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Sociology, 2020, vol. 13, issue 3, pp. 340–349.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu12.2020.306
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/19568
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The purpose of this article is to discuss the dialectical application of the Soviet experience in
  the construction of socialism in China. Mao Zedong formulated the thesis “Follow the path
  of Russia”, thereby explaining the strategy for transformation of Chinese society. China in
  those times experienced economic difficulties of the pre-industrial stage of development, and
  “following the path of Russia” meant taking Marxism as the guiding ideology and developing
  along the path of socialism, overcoming internal and external barriers. The authors of the
  article illustrate how the Soviet experience was differentiated by the Chinese leadership: Mao
  always divided the Soviet experience into a basic experience and a specific experience. The
  former reflects the common laws of human society at specific stages of development, while the
  latter is the specific form of realization of these laws, divided into the part verified by practice
  and learnable, the part that is only applicable to the USSR and the wrong part that must be
  abandoned. “Following the path of Russia” encouraged the new China to complete the tasks
  left by the Chinese Democratic Revolution, quickly establish a relatively complete national
  economic system and continuously improve its international status. From this theory to “Taking China’s own way”, it is required to continue to adhere to the road of scientific socialism
  and the development of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. An analysis of this theory is not only crucial for China to follow the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, but also helps scientists, researchers, and politicians in many countries around the
  world to understand the path of socialism’s development with Chinese characteristics, better
  understand history and Chinese culture, and promote the exchange of world culture more
  successfully.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Sociology;Volume 13; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Mao Zedong
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: China
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: socialist development
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: USSR experience
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: “Follow the path of Russia”: The experience of transforming Chinese society
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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