Members of the CPP aren't all socialists. I first heard "可怜之士必有可恨之处" from a party member, which translates roughly as "people people must have character flaws (

Members of the CPP aren't all socialists. I first heard "可怜之士必有可恨之处" from a party member, which translates roughly as "people people must have character flaws (that explain why they are poor)"; regardless of which view we take of socialism, I don't think anybody would consider that a socialist statement.