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2. Xiaoping, Deng. 1987.Jianshe You Zhongguo Tesede Shihuizhuyi [Building Socialism with Chinese Characteristics],, revised and enlarged edition, 51–56. Beijing: People's Press.
3. Dittmer, Lowell and Kim, Samuel S., eds. 1993.China's Quest for National Identity, 254London: Cornell University Press. On 1 September 1982, Deng traced it back to Mao and New Democracy in 1945 (Ibid., p. 2). Others point to Mao's "The role of the Communist Party in the national war, October 1938', which discusses the necessity of using 'the fresh lively style and spirit which the common people of China love' in applying Marxism [in, This negotiation addresses the perceived contradiction between a nationalist revolution and an internationalist ideology.