Communist Party of Vietnam the people's standard of living. Classical Marxist texts still play a prominent role in the Communist Party's ideological development. "The Communist Manifesto", written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, is considered an "immortal work". According to the party, the real value of "The Communist Manifesto" is not that it can provide answers to present revolutionary problems, but the way it explains the gradual liberation of the working class and labourers. It functions as a basis for the most basic theoretical beliefs upheld by the party. According to Tô Huy Rứa, currently a member of the 11th Politburo: "By participating in
The Christian Manifesto manifesto has four sections. The first section condemns Protestant missionary activities in China as a form of imperialism. The second part examines the task of the Church and sides with government policy. The third focuses on future aims of the Church in patriotic terms. The last section lays out concrete methods. "The Christian Manifesto" makes three central claims: first, the Chinese church should obey the new communist government and partake in the building of a "new China". Second, the church should cut its ties with Western "imperialism". Finally, the church should strive to construct a Christianity indigenous to China embodying