6. China's new Maoists - with Simone van Nieuwenhuizen

Who are China’s new Maoists and what influence do they have in contemporary China? How does the Chinese Communist Party attempt to control and manipulate the historical narrative of Mao? Why have China’s new Maoists expressed admiration for US President Donald Trump? Simone van Nieuwenhuizen, Project and Research Support Officer at the Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI) at the University of Technology Sydney and co-author of the book ‘China and the New Maoists’ (Zed, 2016) joins Elena Collinson, Senior Project and Research Officer at ACRI, to discuss the rise of China’s new Maoists and the complex relationship China has with its founding father.