Words to Remember

Sebastian Veg writes for The Diplomat about the Chinese Communist Party (CCP):

The CCP is a huge bureaucratic machine mainly devoted to its own survival, within which various interests and priorities unceasingly compete at every level.

That is also a perfect description of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) of Mexico prior to Vicente Fox. The balance of Veg's long article will only be of interest to committed Sinologists. Hat tip to RealClearWorld for the link.