Garbage article may have glimpses of truth, unless they completely misrepresented a) his position in party b) framing of his books c) his liking of closing the american mind
He’s 1/7 of the politburo standing committee, and they’re acting like he controlled all policy from the shadows for the past 3 presidents.
This article is like the most ridiculous form of great man theory with a heavy dash of orientalism, and all I’m saying is not to take any of it at face value.
Yeah, richelieu/grey cardinal stuff is whatevs, but still his entire existence in that place in party is bad
We know there’s a current of social conservatism in the CPC (which I agree is bad), so even if that part of the article is true, it’s hardly news. That aside, I hardly trust this magazine not to warp the facts.
You can always look for other sources. His book might even be available translated somewhere. But like I said, we know the social conservative current exists, and even if this guy is a big promoter of it, he’s not the only one. I don’t think it’s that interesting unless he actually is the great man in the shadows like they imply, which he obviously isn’t.
This is pretty clearly an article which just focuses on one highly-placed member with objectionable opinions, and tries to cast him as dictator of all policy.
