Drum Tower: Civilising the masses Drum Tower

The Communist Party wants to build a “civilised” China. Its latest attempt is a nationwide campaign that aims to insert the party, and its ideology, in every aspect of people’s lives.

Alice Su, The Economist’s senior China correspondent and David Rennie, our Beijing bureau chief, examine this campaign and take you to a mass wedding organised by a New Era Civilisation Practice Centre. Together they ask: how does Xi Jinping’s latest civilisation campaign work? And what does it mean to the people who take part?

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