It overestimates the effectiveness of anti-corruption campaigns in contemporary China (there have been many in the last three decades), and it overlooks the political sources of the country’s economic slowdown. While Xi’s efforts to cleanse the rot inside the Chinese party-state should be applauded, it is no less important to recognize their limits.
不幸的是，这一观点太乐观也太幼稚。这一观点高估了当代中国反腐败运动的效果（过去三十年类似的运动进行过多次），也忽略了中国经济减速的政治原因。尽管习近平在党国内部着手净化腐败的努力值得赞赏，但认识到其局限性同样重要。