Maoist Communist Party of China

The Maoist Communist Party of China (MCPC) is an underground communist party in China adhering to Marxism–Leninism–Maoism. The party was established in 2008 by Chinese leftists opposed to the policy of reform and opening up pursued by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) after the death of Mao Zedong. Its members have been arrested and jailed by Chinese authorities. Quotes Imagine a secret organization—one that subscribes to the ideals of fundamentalist Communism but believes the state-capitalist model adopted by the currently ruling CCP betrays those ideals—drawing lessons from the United Front policies Communist parties have used throughout history to seize power. Suppose this organization used a united front to unite with liberals and other factions of fundamentalist Communists whose views differ greatly from its own, to instigate a “socialist revolution” against the ruling CCP. What kind of unexpected “chemical reaction” would that produce in a country under Communist rule? According to information recently obtained by “Bitter Winter,” this is precisely what the “Maoist Communist Party of China” (中国毛泽东主义共产党) did during the 2018 Jasic workers’ movement.Jasic incident The “Jasic factory incidents” refer to a labor dispute that erupted in mid-2018 at Jasic Technology, a welding-equipment manufacturer in Shenzhen, where workers attempted to form an independent trade union in response to low wages, excessive fines, and abusive management practices. When employees submitted a formal application to establish a union under China’s official trade-union framework, local authorities rejected it, and the company retaliated by dismissing and beating several organizers.The ensuing arrests triggered an unusually broad wave of solidarity from left-wing students, labor activists, and self-identified Maoists across China, who traveled to Shenzhen to support the workers and demand their release. This constellation of supporters became known as the Jasic Workers’ Solidarity Group (佳士工人声援团)—a loose network of labor-rights advocates and student Marxist societies that framed the struggle as emblematic of systemic exploitation under China’s state-capitalist model. Although the movement was swiftly suppressed through police raids, detentions, and forced confessions, it marked one of the most visible attempts in recent years to link labor activism with ideological dissent. It provided the organizational environment in which various underground Maoist groups—including the Maoist Communist Party of China—interacted with student activists and attempted to shape the direction of the protests. Xiao Ziqi (pseudonym), "Inside the Maoist Communist Party of China. 1. A Leftist Dissent", Bitter Winter (September 9, 2026) Contrary to the speculations of many who, disappointed by the subsequent actions of the Jasic Workers’ Solidarity Group, surmised that the relevant groups might have come under the control of political fraudsters claiming to represent the “Maoist Communist Party of China” or even by CCP state security personnel, the Maoist Communist Party of China—founded in 2008—did indeed, just like the Peking University Marxist Society (founded in 2000), participate deeply in the Jasic workers’ movement that same year.However, after Chinese Communist authorities suppressed this Maoist party in 2009 for holding public offline meetings, it has remained active only in secret. It has largely refrained from participating in subsequent public debates within Maoist circles about political lines, making it difficult for outsiders to ascertain its core views. Even most members of the Jasic Workers’ Solidarity Group and the various Maoist student societies at universities involved in supporting the labor movement were unaware of the party’s existence at the time. Some of them even told “Bitter Winter” that it was only when they were compelled by CCP authorities to watch “confession videos” that they first heard that a very small number of people within their own organizations had joined the Maoist Communist Party of China. Xiao Ziqi (pseudonym), "Inside the Maoist Communist Party of China. 2. A United Front with “Bourgeois” Dissidents?", Bitter Winter (September 10, 2026) “Bitter Winter” has learned from multiple sources close to the Maoist Communist Party of China that, internally, the party actually regards university Maoist student groups—such as the Peking University Marxist Society—which are influenced by the “Unite with the Right, Oppose the Party” (联右反党) trend (a Maoist viewpoint that holds the CCP authorities to be the most reactionary fascist regime and advocates uniting with liberals to overthrow the CCP)—as targets of its United Front efforts rather than genuine partners.At the height of the campaign, they pushed members of these Maoist student societies and the peripheral masses mobilized by related Maoist activist networks to the forefront to carry out the work. At the same time, they themselves remained behind the scenes conducting covert operations. This explains why, after the suppression of the Jasic Workers’ movement, Maoist student societies in Chinese universities that had participated in related solidarity activities were virtually wiped out. In contrast, only a few members of the Maoist Communist Party of China were arrested, and its organization suffered no devastating blow. Xiao Ziqi (pseudonym), "Inside the Maoist Communist Party of China. 3. A Failed Protest?", Bitter Winter (September 11, 2026) External links Category:Communism Category:Politics of China