(AP Photo)BEIJING: China's ruling Communist Party has praised President Xi Jinping as a Marxist thinker, adding to intense propaganda promoting Mr Xi's personal image as he begins a second five-year term as leader. The party added Mr Xi's name to its constitution this week, a decision party spokesman Wang Xiaohui said Thursday was justified due to his “major contribution” to ideology. The official propaganda apparatus has promoted Mr Xi's personal image with an intensity unseen since the 1970s under Mao Zedong, founder of the communist government. That has prompted some political analysts to suggest Mr Xi is building a Mao-style cult of personality, but party spokespeople have denied that. In his latest cartoon, Kal depicts Xi Jinping's control over China's Communist Party pic.twitter.com/Ek1GDKWWIT — The Economist (@TheEconomist) October 20, 2017(Video Twitter/The Economist)

Source: Bangkok Post October 26, 2017 06:45 UTC