These are adapted from the Chinese Wikipedia.
 Chinese Rightists and Leftists after the 1980's  | Leftists | Rightists | 
  | Conservatives | Liberals | 
  | Favor a centrally-planned economy 
 | Tend to favor a market economy | 
  | Protect government ownership of enterprises | Privatization | 
 
 Chinese Rightists and Leftists on the Internet
 | Leftists | Rightists | 
  | Sometimes seen as supporters of a system of government under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party. | Sometimes seen as opponents of a system of government under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party. | 
  | Opposed to a large gap between rich & poor; militarily tend to be hawkish. | Support free competition, and may oppose totalitarianism. | 
  | Usually includes Marxists, nationalists, and Socialists. | Usually includes liberals and supporters of democracy. | 
  | 
 | Many support a system with several political parties, a balance of power, and democratic choice. | 
  | Some see them as leaning towards a system of government like Mao Zedong's or  Kim Jong Il's. | Some see them as supporting a transitional government like Taiwan's or Singapore's "traditional Confucian government". | 
 
 
So don't call the Chinese chauvinists (whom we would normally call "nationalists", but don't because of the Nationalist Party) "rightists". Of course, who knows what they mean by "liberals"; I suspect it's not the contemporary American kind but rather the classical or neo-liberal?
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