That all depends on how powerful the leader is. If you look into the quite recent past this comment would be absolutely untrue. There was massive gridlock betwe

That all depends on how powerful the leader is. If you look into the quite recent past this comment would be absolutely untrue. There was massive gridlock between factions it was just so opaque that we could only guess what was going on. Also, How do you get the bureaucracy to actually do what you want?(A major recurring problem in Chinese History).