Rocznice urodzin weteranów Komunistycznej Partii Chin w polityce wewnętrznej Chińskiej Republiki Ludowej
- Institution: Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie
- Year of publication: 2016
- Source: Show
- Pages: 418-437
- DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/siip201621
- PDF: siip/15/siip1521.pdf
Birthday Anniversaries of the Veterans of Communist Party of China in the Internal Politics of the People’s Republic of China
This article analyses functions of birthday commemoration of veterans of Communist Party of China. Content analyses of official ceremonial speeches and case study was applied to research ceremonies of 120th anniversary of Mao Zedong birthday and 100th anniversary of Xi Zhongxun, Hu Yaobang and Liu Huaqing birthdays. The study is based on Maurice Halbwachs’s concept of collective memory. The results shows legitimizing function of those events – both of party rule over China and Xi Jinping leadership in the party.
