Why did Wen Jiabao made that essay knowing full well that his writing(s) will be used by China's enemies at every opportunity? Was he part of that previous leadership that want to sing kumbaya with America? I don't know enough about the former Premier to make any solid opinion of the man. What he wrote recently is utterly confusing and disappointing to say the least unless someone can tell me otherwise.
I think he belong to the liberal wing of CCP although he is toeing to party line. He was protégé of Hu Yaobang and show up at TAM with Zhao Zhiyang. But he seem to escape the purge after TAM and become protégé of ZhuRongyi. Under him he rose to become finance minister. He abolish millennia old Land Tax on farm. He seem to be capable administrator directing infrastructure project in the country side. And seem genuinely close to the people. When He directed the rescue effort in Sichuan earthquake and the subsequent rebuilding of Sichuan after the earth quake .
But Hu and Wen administration lay the foundation of China advance in all sphere quietly they built up chinese economy, science, military etc. Lay your head down and focus on the task at hand. I don't think he is traitor
But he can't control his own family His wife become billionaire by cornering the GEM trade in China. Under him corruption take a hold in China.
He always been liberal though he still toe to party line
Political view
Domestic and foreign media variously described Wen as "
" and in touch with the needs of ordinary people. On most social issues Wen seemed to be moderate, with his brand of policies based around societal harmony as prescribed by the
, the leading ideology of the administration.
In the first term of his Premiership Wen's attitudes towards political reform seemed ambivalent. He remarked that "the socialist system will continue in China for the next 100 years", although later, in a press conference at the
, he stated that "democracy is one of the basic goals of the socialist system".
Furthermore, in an interview in September 2008, Wen acknowledged that the democratic system in China needs to be improved, where the power "truly belongs to the people" through the construction of an independent judicial system and for the government to accept criticism from the people.
Wen, seen as a former ally of Premier
, was likely supportive of the latter's political rehabilitation; however, he rarely mentioned Zhao publicly during his premiership. When asked by CNN whether or not China will liberalize for free elections in the next 25 years, Wen stated that it would be "hard to predict." On the
, he reputedly believed in gradual negotiations. On the subject of Tibet, he toed the party line in condemning the exiled Dalai Lama for inciting "separatist violence".
