KWIC October 23 Toronto: In a satirical tone, the October issue of the "Dadi Monthly" published by the People's Daily of China criticized the feudal hereditary politics of Kim Jun Il's regime. It was the first time in the history of the Sino-North Korean relationship for the official Chinese news media to verbally criticize Kim Jun Il himself. With its article entitled "the Successor of a Good Class Background and Red Origin--the General Secretary of the Labor Party of North Korea, Kim Jun Il", the "Dadi Monthly" satirized Kim Jun Il's feudal dynasty-type of rule, his hereditary politics, and his personal worship, by using heavily the terms and the writing tone that were popular during the Great Cultural Revolution of China. Even in China, the similar terms are despised by the people today.

Talking about the political status of Kim Jun Il, the article emphasized, "No matter what position he takes, Kim Jun Il holds all the real powers as the highest ranking official of North Korea. His foundation is sound and firm." The way of expression in the article showed that for China, Kim Jun Il seems like an emperor in feudal times.

The market economic reform practiced by China has pounded at the system of North Korea far more forcefully than has the damage brought about by the ideological differences between the two Koreas. On June 19, 1995, Kim Jun Il wrote in his article published in the Labor News, "The lesson drawn from the ruin of the revolutionary cause in the majority of the socialist countries is that the deterioration of the socialist system starts with the deterioration of ideology... As a result of the influence from the capitalist ideology of the omnipotence of money, those who break faith with the socialist system develop a morale of individualism and disseminate the bourgeois ideology." His article emphasized that the socialist system was irreconcilable to the private ownership and market economy of capitalism ( Yihong Zhang ).

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