China’s Past, America’s Present: Revisiting Wang Hui - American Affairs Journal

China’s Past, America’s Present: Revisiting Wang Hui - American Affairs Journal

Wang critiqued liberalism as a tool of global capitalism, arguing that China’s post-1978 reforms had led to inequality, depoliticization, and elite dominance. He advocated for a return to socialist ideals, with greater political participation, state intervention, and resistance to Western ideological hegemony. In his 2008 tract, “Depoliticized Poli­tics,” he argued that liberal intellectuals had aligned with market elites, promoting a vision of …