The Soviet Union and Sidin Ping

In the book, you write that a lot of the party is really obsessed with the collapse of the soviet union. It makes a lot of sense that were essentially their closest peer nation in terms of government structure. So i use that an example to say, this really did have a jarring effect on many people and it certainly had a huge impact on sidin ping. He refers to it a enly in speeches. And he talks about the fact that no one stood up when it was necessary. No one stood up to defend the principles of marxism, to defend the principle of the combonist party. As a result, the system employed it.