Reform Takes Back Seat at Party Congress
At the opening of the 18th Party Congress, which will enshrine the next generation of Communist Party leadership in China, President Hu Jintao outlined the major problems facing his country but made it clear that the Party would not sacrifice its own power in finding solutions. Nevertheless, a ̶ ...
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Beijing reminds me of the mess the car industry faced. The big execs were driven in fancy limos to work every day and they thought their cars were the cat’s meow. One day they woke up to find that no one was buying the gas guzzlers. The Communist Party is like that – cut off from the will of the people and not recognizing that they are leading people who are not following.
CCP oligarchs keep humming comforting lullabies to themselves while strolling toward the edge of a cliff. Once the free fall begins, it will be too late to awaken from their anachronistic fantasies of eternal one-party authoritarian rule, the dang tianxià of Party’s Imperium.