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... for many of the left (particularly in the West), 1978 marked a turning point in the wrong direction - away from sosialism, away from the cause of the working class and the peasantry. The introduction of private profit, the decollectivation of agricultur, the appearance of multinational companies and the rise of Western influence: these added up to a historic betrayel and an end to the Chinese Revolution.
The consensus view within the CPC is that sosialism with Chinese characteristics is a strategy aimed at strengthening socialism, improving the lives of the Chinese people, and consolidating China's sovereignity. Although China had taken incredible steps forward since 1949, China in 1978 remained backward in many ways.