Cary Huang

How ‘Communist’ China has embraced capitalism but remains Leninist at heart

Cary Huang says that on the 100th anniversary of the Russian revolution, Beijing’s silence on Lenin’s legacy displays both a rejection of his economic priorities and an embrace of a totalitarian authority

Cary Huang

Published: 11:45am, 15 Nov, 2017

Updated: 2:55pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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Cary Huang is a veteran China affairs columnist, having written on this topic since the early 1990s. He joined the Post in 2004, and was based in Beijing between 2005 and 2013, first as a correspondent and then as bureau chief. He was previously China editor at The Standard from 1992 until 2004.