But it is equally obvious that Hu, the sphinx-like apparatchik in whom Chinese and Western liberals alike had once invested hope, is unlikely to deliver the more open and humane China that they thought he had promised. China under Hu has perhaps found its development model: a form of Leninist capitalism with no aspirations toward a more democratic form of governance.
中国和西方的自由派人士对胡锦涛这一令人捉摸不定的党棍一度寄予希望。同样清楚的是，他不大可能实现他们认为他曾经许诺过度更为开放和人道的中国。胡锦涛统治下的中国可能已经找到了其发展模式，那就是列宁主义的资本主义，对更为民主的政府模式毫无愿望。