> A backlash is being felt at the highest levels of the government, possibly hitting a close aide to Xi, his ideology chief and strategist Wang Huning, accordin

> A backlash is being felt at the highest levels of the government, possibly hitting a close aide to Xi, his ideology chief and strategist Wang Huning, according to two sources familiar with discussions in leadership circles. > A prominent and influential academic whose views have found favor in some party quarters has also come under attack for his strident views on Chinese power. > Wang, who was the architect of the “China Dream”, Xi’s vision for China to become a strong and prosperous nation, has been taken to task by the Chinese leader for crafting an excessively nationalistic image for the country, which has only provoked the United States, the sources said. > “He’s in trouble for mishandling the propaganda and hyping up China too much,” said one of the sources, who has ties to China’s leadership and propaganda system. Wang Huning is a noted neo-authoritarian ideologue and a member of China's most powerful leadership body, the Politburo Standing Committee. Understanding his views gives a lot of insight into the Chinese government's current outlook: http://www.judeblanchette.com/blog/2017/10/20/wang-hunings-neo-authoritarianism-dream http://www.judeblanchette.com/blog/2017/10/20/wang-hunings-n... https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/13/world/asia/china-xi-jinping-wang-huning.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/13/world/asia/china-xi-jinpi...