Celebrating Xi Jinping’s victory at the 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
For many years, following the death of Mao Zedong, China seemed to be moving politically, if not towards democracy, at least towards a more collegiate style of government. It’s reassuring to see that they have abandoned such decadent and bourgeois revisionism, and it brings recollections of the 1960s hit tune: Sailing the seas depends on the helmsman.