As someone who has studied East Asian history, it's commonly said that Mao's adversaries within the CCP were the "technocrats," and that the technocrats are the

As someone who has studied East Asian history, it's commonly said that Mao's adversaries within the CCP were the "technocrats," and that the technocrats are the ones who took power after Mao's passing — and still hold power to this day. Here's a couple articles on China's technocrats: https://macropolo.org/analysis/return-technocrats-chinese-politics/ https://macropolo.org/analysis/return-technocrats-chinese-po... https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/07/04/chinas-overrated-technocrats-stem-engineering-xi-jinping/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/07/04/chinas-overrated-techno...