How the Communist Party sells Xi Jinping’s ‘Chinese Dream’

HONG KONG — To understand the attitude of China’s new leadership toward reform, you need to understand “The Chinese Dream.”

Adopted by Xi Jinping as his governing slogan at the end of last year, “The Chinese Dream” has since become ubiquitous in the People’s Republic: it’s featured in newspaper editorials, TV debates and elementary-school textbooks. It’s taught in universities, prisons and work training programs. It’s written on walls and plastered on propaganda billboards.

But what does “The Chinese Dream” mean?

That’s tougher to say.