WBo Xilai is a Chinese former politician who was convicted on bribery and embezzlement charges. He came to prominence through his tenures as Mayor of Dalian and then the governor of Liaoning. From 2004 to November 2007, he served as Minister of Commerce. Between 2007 and 2012, he served as a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Communist Party Secretary of Chongqing, a major interior municipality.
WThe "Chongqing model" refers to a series of social and economic policies adopted in the Chinese megalopolis of Chongqing. It is most closely associated with Bo Xilai, who served as the city's Communist Party secretary from 2007 to 2012, though some policies were put in place by Bo's predecessors.
WCui Zhiyuan, born in Beijing in 1963, is a professor at the School of Public Policy and Management in Tsinghua University, Beijing and a leading member of the Chinese New Left through his work on alternatives to neo-liberal capitalism.
WDushu is a monthly Chinese literary magazine which has great influence on Chinese intellectuals. It is based in Beijing.
WLi Minqi is a Chinese political economist, world-systems analyst, and historical social scientist, currently professor of Economics at the University of Utah. Li is known as an advocate of the Chinese New Left and as a Marxian economist.
WOne China, Many Paths, edited by Chaohua Wang. A collection of essays by Chinese thinkers, reflecting the new thinking that developed in the 1990s. Both Chinese liberal and Chinese New Left views are represented, along with some views that do not fit either category.
WUtopia is a Chinese internet forum noted for its strong support of Maoist and communist ideology. The forum is notable for its promotion of Maoist philosophy and for its occasional clashes with the Chinese Communist Party.
WWang Shaoguang is a Chinese political scientist and prominent theorist of the Chinese New Left. He is currently emeritus professor at the Department of Government and Public Administration of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. A critic of Western representative democracy, his particular research interests include the history of the Cultural Revolution, sortition, the welfare state, and the comparative politics of East Asia.
WYue Xin is a Chinese student activist and graduate from Peking University who disappeared on 23 August 2018, following her participation in the Jasic labour dispute. A Marxist and feminist, she was known for her advocacy of labour and women's rights prior to her disappearance.
WThe Zhi Xian Party or Zhixiandang of China, also known as Chinese Constitutionalist Party in English, is an unregistered political party in the People's Republic of China. It was founded in 2013 by people who support the Communist Party's right to rule, but who seek to return China to Maoist model while also trying to end what they consider are the Communist Party's violations of the national constitution. Bo Xilai was elected the party's "Chairman for Life", because of his support for the New Left's policies, and because the party considered the trial against him unjust. The party was banned in December 2013.