The longer we have to reflect on it, the more last November’s Third Plenum of the Chinese Communist party emerges as a watershed. It seems increasingly clear that Xi Jinping, the new party chief, is managing to corral support behind a substantial leap forward from the reforms begun 30 years ago by Deng Xaoping. As state and market continue to jostle for pre-eminence in the leadership’s carefully balanced rhetoric, it would appear that when Mr Xi signals left, he means to turn right.
对于去年11月召开的中共18届三中全会,我们思考它的时间越长,就越会觉得它是一道分水岭。现在情况似乎越来越明朗:中共中央新任总书记习近平,正在30年前邓小平启动的改革基础上,推进大幅向前跨越的改革,而他正成功取得人们的支持。在新一届领导层谨慎平衡的言论中,政府和市场还在角逐首要地位,当习近平示意向左时,他的意思似乎是向右。