Yeah, the politics and concepts in Liu's writing is pretty typical of realist CCP/Chinese thinking. People will make excuses that everyone toes the party line i

Yeah, the politics and concepts in Liu's writing is pretty typical of realist CCP/Chinese thinking. People will make excuses that everyone toes the party line if they're smart, which while true, also overlooks that common Chinese views (IMO) does substantively diverge from western views, especially in IR theory which influences overton window of policies etc. Liberalism is a luxury for Liu's generation.