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September 21, 2007

” But back in 1992, Deng Xiaoping(鄧小平) redefined socialism:’ The essence of socialism is to emancipate productivity and to develop it, to eradicate exploitation and polarisation, and to ulitimately reach a state of getting wealthy together.’ “from “A party congress for all the people.”

emancipate(v.)

Cambridge Dictionary: not limited socially or politically

e.g.The private property rights emancipate in market economy

eradicate (v.)

Cambridge Dictionary:to get rid of completely or destroy something bad

e.g. To eradicate the income-gap between the rich and the poor, government should establish a panel to investigate the main causes of the problem.