China’s would-be powerhouse Hunan wants officials to ‘emancipate their minds’
President Xi Jinping, who came to power in 2013, revived the slogan to call for effective local governance and it was also in evidence on Sunday in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang, where top cadres used it in a pledge to drive growth. Deng Xiaoping, who took over as leader in December 1978, made “emancipate … Read more
