In addition, fierce factional politics characterize high-level decision-making, and no one is certain, not even Teng himself, how long the momentum of these reforms can be sustained after he passes away.
因為政治變動多，許多人為求自保，託庇於「有力人士」，使中共派系特別多。鄧小平已八十高齡，他的接班人能否有足夠的力量繼續推動改革，還是個未知數。